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That reminds me of an incident that occurred to me while I was visiting a customer in the US. I was driving a rented Lincoln Town Car (ridiculous car but it had plenty of room and impressed customers) on I94 south of Detroit. It started to snow heavily and the road surface became very slippery. A lorry jack-knifed a little distance ahead so I cruised to a stop. The woman driving the minivan behind was not paying sufficient attention and was late braking. She almost stopped but slid gently into the back of me. The impact was barely noticeable but when I opened the driver's door, the front edge was catching on the bodywork ahead. It was apparent that the whole car had been shortened by about 15mm!
I have never rented a Lincoln since.
Phil
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Wow! That sounds much like the last accident I was involved with, in 1973. Stopped at a signal, the guy behind never even braked, just crumpled my car and drove me into the car ahead of me. I have to agree, for all their expense and coim-plexity, cars today are far safer than what we were driving back then!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Yes, but I translate it into Sanscrit first to keep in practice.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger, thank god everyone Ok.
We have an older car that doesn't have all the newer safety devices, it have a lot of miles and we're waiting for it to take a dump before looking for a new one.
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Glad to hear that you and your passenger are both OK.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I'm glad to hear you and your passenger are okay Roger. It sounds clichΓ©, but cars can be replaced. You and your friend cannot.
Cars that are designed to be destroyed during impact while preserving the lives of their occupents sound like a win all the way around.
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The first one said "I gotta admit, I'm scared out here."
The second says "You're scared? I have to walk back alone!"
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This is a killing joke!
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The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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I've probably told this before so I'll get my coat ahead of time.
A guys hitch hiking and someone picks him up.
The hitchhiker asks the driver; "Why did you pick me up?, I could be a serial killer."
The driver answers: "What's the odds of two in the same car?"
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Mike Hankey wrote: The hitchhiker asks the driver; "Why did you pick me up?, I could be a serial killer."
The driver answers: "What's the odds of two in the same car?"
The variation on this I heard is, "I carry my own bomb when I board a plane, I mean, what are the odds that there might be two bombs aboard?"
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Hadn't heard that version.
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That's probably the last thing you want to hear from your hiking partner!
Will Rogers never met me.
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... and then John Wick whacked both of them with a piece of chalk.
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