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...before you see the post - what is the first thought crosses your mind?
Teena - young pretty smart Scorpio. Rare combo.
Tiziani - jee! I'll feel dumb again...
EvilHare - is he still having sex?
starwars - hope Hollywood will keep her busy enough
My husband just remember tjat guy we saw and my husband asked
How are you?
He said
Me too!
Lmao
Old bag and justahoe sit down
I know I have witnessed some really funny, crazy and even scary things while using public transport.
Share some of your memorable moments.
Living in London, people tend to fall asleep on the tubes and trains rather often. Ill never forget travelling
Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they ha
Just another Zodiac Post. ;) You can never get enough of these lol.
Aries: They spike the fruit punch so everyone ends up getting wasted.
Taurus: They go through all of the closets and try on the clothes that they like.
Gemini: Ends up getting stuc
Signs when they stub their toe
Aries: *LOUD CURSING AND SWEARING AND SMACKING AND BANGING THE TABLE THEY STUBBED THEIR TOE ON*
Taurus: Sit down and hold their toe while tearing
Gemini: Jump around on the other foot, grabbing their injured toe and
By icicle.
Ba-dum-TISS
I love these little bits in newspapers! :D ...share your favourites or ones you see in your newspapers today! :)
The Arizona Highway Patrol were mystified when they came upon a pile of smoldering wreckage embedded in the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The metal debris resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it turned out to be the vaporized remains of an automobile. The make of the vehicle was unidentifiable at the scene.
The folks in the lab finally figured out what it was, and pieced together the events that led up to its demise.
It seems that a former Air Force sergeant had somehow got hold of a JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) unit. JATO units are solid fuel rockets used to give heavy military transport airplanes an extra push for take-off from short airfields.
Dried desert lakebeds are the location of choice for breaking the world ground vehicle speed record. The sergeant took the JATO unit into the Arizona desert and found a long, straight stretch of road. He attached the JATO unit to his car, jumped in, accelerated to a high speed, and fired off the rocket.
The facts, as best as could be determined, are as follows:
The operator was driving a 1967 Chevy Impala. He ignited the JATO unit approximately 3.9 miles from the crash site. This was established by the location of a prominently scorched and melted strip of asphalt. The vehicle quickly reached a speed of between 250 and 300 mph and continued at that speed, under full power, for an additional 20-25 seconds. The soon-to-be pilot experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog-fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners.
The Chevy remained on the straight highway for approximately 2.6 miles (15-20 seconds) before the driver applied the brakes, completely melting them, blowing the tires, and leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface. The vehicle then became airborne for an additional 1.3 miles, impacted the cliff face at a height of 125 feet, and left a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock.
Most of the driver's remains were not recovered; however, small fragments of bone, teeth, and hair were extracted from the crater, and fingernail and bone shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to be a portion of the steering wheel.
Ironically a still-legible bumper sticker was found, reading
"How do you like my driving? Dial 1-800-EAT-SHIT."