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Agosto 27, 2005
Demolition Derby
You have to laugh if your car is crashed on the way to the demolition derby. Martin called and said he was in an accident and even though it wasn't his fault, he was in the car that spun him around so fast his glasses fell off his face and are probably somewhere in the ditch. The skid marks say the giant white truck didn't even hit the brakes until it was already in the intersection.
Good thing our car shot into the front yard of a man who sells fences (he advertises with the Pinnacle) and his wife said they were thinking of taking out the section martin drove through anyway. The skinny little tree he drove over bounced right back up into place.
They gave him a shot at the hospital, which he says is the worst part. He doesn't complain about the arm hair burned and bent by the airbag explosion, or the fact that he had taken the time to fold the laundry before it all flew out the rear window--the tow truck man had to sweep my clean underwear out of the street. Now I'm thinking maybe I should pass up the chance to put skid marks and underwear in the same entry.
This morning the man who would be dead except for the car my dad gave me in college, is sitting on the floor petting the cat telling her it is just to two of them today: Tetanus Arm and No Teeth. He looks up at me and says he just realized that the first thought that went through his mind was "well, we're not going to the demolition derby tonight, and I didn't even get to watch the airbag deploy."
just in case | By crymytinyflood | 10:36 AM
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ah! car accidents are terrible, just terrible. i'm glad martin is okay though, burned arm hair notwithstanding. when you get in a wreck (especially if it's not your fault) you should treat it like a sick day and rent movies and eat ice cream if that's what you want.
what the hell, white-truck-man?
Posted by: emile at Agosto 27, 2005 09:13 PM
