I need a drink.

jaimek · January 1st, 2005, 03:58 PM

The new year started off with a bang - literally.

1:30pm. I'm here at this computer, printing up signs for next week's ad. It's been a quiet day, but by this time people are starting to pull out from their NYE stupors and get on the road, and traffic has picked up at the intersection outside the store.

All of a sudden: scree [pause] WHAM!!!

and the lower window fifteen feet down the wall from me explodes into splinters as a small truck slams first into the brick wall and slides down the windows (breaking the one) and thumps to a stop into the next brick wall about ten feet away from me.

"Holy shit!" says I, and I bail outside to see if everyone's okay, with the rest of the store just behind me. The driver of the truck is an old man with a scraped up forehead, and his female companion is still in the truck, with a large, head-sized dent in the windshield where she hit it. Another car, whose front bumper is in the middle of the street, sits on the opposite corner. A third car, its doors scratched up, sits across the street for a couple of minutes, but while we're scrambling to call 911 and make sure people are okay, it pulls off.

A man told us that the cause of the accident was someone running the red light - he himself had narrowly missed being hit as well. We think it was the third car. Probably already had legal trouble, panicked, and fled. Well, he's got assloads more trouble now, if anyone finds him.

The ambulance arrives and they pull the woman out of the truck on a backboard. The old man was rather dazed, clearly in shock, but an EMT convinces him to come in for observation as well.

Who the fuck is in such a hurry that it's worth their lives - or the lives of other people? Jesus.

Oogadee Boogadee · January 3rd, 2005, 12:00 AM

Are you saying that Jesus was driving the 3rd car?

Glad you weren't in that room btw.

NickDivision · January 4th, 2005, 07:56 PM

Well, that's going to be a hard one to top for strangest moment of 2005. Glad you're okay...for you, at least.

NickDivision · March 11th, 2005, 05:23 PM

reviving this thread based on title alone. It's Friday. We all need a drink.

I suggest a Black Tooth Grin in honor of Dimebag Darrell.

jaimek · March 11th, 2005, 08:38 PM

I needed one Wednesday. First, on my way to work (only a block away) some asshole walking in the opposite direction deliberately got in my way and spat on me. And then going home, a bus refused to pick us up at the usual stop, claiming it had been discontinued due to construction. He had the time to sit there in traffic for several minutes and argue with us through the doors, though. The next bus that came along stopped there, and the driver knew nothing about the stop being discontinued. Filed a complaint with MTA over that one.

Charm City, my ass.

Oogadee Boogadee · March 12th, 2005, 04:14 AM

damn. hopefully that psycho wasn't trying to spread something. the spit just got on your clothing i hope.

shoulda pushed him infront of that bus that refused to stop. it'd be like Project Mayhem - two birds with one stone...

NickDivision · March 12th, 2005, 09:55 AM

sorry ta hear things went that way on Wednesday for ya, J. That's just two very strange happenings... well, I'd have gone home and drank. hmm.. I think I did.

jaimek · March 12th, 2005, 03:41 PM

He was aiming for my face, but it landed on my bookbag strap, which I scrubbed with antibacterial soap at the store. I don't know what the hell that was all about - it was completely random.

And I did drink when I got home. Large drink.

NickDivision · March 13th, 2005, 07:35 PM

she said large...heh.

I have a feeling "large drink" means an entirely different size on the Division boards than most others.

January 1st, 2005, 03:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
jaimek incorrigible Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 1,263	I need a drink. The new year started off with a bang - literally. 1:30pm. I'm here at this computer, printing up signs for next week's ad. It's been a quiet day, but by this time people are starting to pull out from their NYE stupors and get on the road, and traffic has picked up at the intersection outside the store. All of a sudden: scree [pause] WHAM!!! and the lower window fifteen feet down the wall from me explodes into splinters as a small truck slams first into the brick wall and slides down the windows (breaking the one) and thumps to a stop into the next brick wall about ten feet away from me. "Holy shit!" says I, and I bail outside to see if everyone's okay, with the rest of the store just behind me. The driver of the truck is an old man with a scraped up forehead, and his female companion is still in the truck, with a large, head-sized dent in the windshield where she hit it. Another car, whose front bumper is in the middle of the street, sits on the opposite corner. A third car, its doors scratched up, sits across the street for a couple of minutes, but while we're scrambling to call 911 and make sure people are okay, it pulls off. A man told us that the cause of the accident was someone running the red light - he himself had narrowly missed being hit as well. We think it was the third car. Probably already had legal trouble, panicked, and fled. Well, he's got assloads more trouble now, if anyone finds him. The ambulance arrives and they pull the woman out of the truck on a backboard. The old man was rather dazed, clearly in shock, but an EMT convinces him to come in for observation as well. Who the fuck is in such a hurry that it's worth their lives - or the lives of other people? Jesus. __________________ Xena would probably think Superman is a fruit. she'd distract him with something like "Hey, look at that run in your tights!" then stuff him back into his telephone booth. - Lucy Lawless

January 3rd, 2005, 12:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
Oogadee Boogadee Division drummer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 396	Are you saying that Jesus was driving the 3rd car? Glad you weren't in that room btw. __________________ Oogadee Boogadee The land of Oogadee www.division-usa.com Division Myspace Division loves you.

January 4th, 2005, 07:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
NickDivision Division Vocalist Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 646	Well, that's going to be a hard one to top for strangest moment of 2005. Glad you're okay...for you, at least. __________________ http://www.nickkelly.com Division on MySpace Nick on MySpace "Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in...Bash 'em right the fuck in!" - Nicholson as Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrik's "The Shining"

March 11th, 2005, 05:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
NickDivision Division Vocalist Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 646	reviving this thread based on title alone. It's Friday. We all need a drink. I suggest a Black Tooth Grin in honor of Dimebag Darrell. __________________ http://www.nickkelly.com Division on MySpace Nick on MySpace "Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in...Bash 'em right the fuck in!" - Nicholson as Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrik's "The Shining"

March 11th, 2005, 08:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
jaimek incorrigible Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 1,263	I needed one Wednesday. First, on my way to work (only a block away) some asshole walking in the opposite direction deliberately got in my way and spat on me. And then going home, a bus refused to pick us up at the usual stop, claiming it had been discontinued due to construction. He had the time to sit there in traffic for several minutes and argue with us through the doors, though. The next bus that came along stopped there, and the driver knew nothing about the stop being discontinued. Filed a complaint with MTA over that one. Charm City, my ass. __________________ Xena would probably think Superman is a fruit. she'd distract him with something like "Hey, look at that run in your tights!" then stuff him back into his telephone booth. - Lucy Lawless

March 12th, 2005, 04:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
Oogadee Boogadee Division drummer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 396	damn. hopefully that psycho wasn't trying to spread something. the spit just got on your clothing i hope. shoulda pushed him infront of that bus that refused to stop. it'd be like Project Mayhem - two birds with one stone... __________________ Oogadee Boogadee The land of Oogadee www.division-usa.com Division Myspace Division loves you.

March 12th, 2005, 09:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
NickDivision Division Vocalist Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 646	sorry ta hear things went that way on Wednesday for ya, J. That's just two very strange happenings... well, I'd have gone home and drank. hmm.. I think I did. __________________ http://www.nickkelly.com Division on MySpace Nick on MySpace "Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in...Bash 'em right the fuck in!" - Nicholson as Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrik's "The Shining"

March 12th, 2005, 03:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
jaimek incorrigible Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 1,263	He was aiming for my face, but it landed on my bookbag strap, which I scrubbed with antibacterial soap at the store. I don't know what the hell that was all about - it was completely random. And I did drink when I got home. Large drink. __________________ Xena would probably think Superman is a fruit. she'd distract him with something like "Hey, look at that run in your tights!" then stuff him back into his telephone booth. - Lucy Lawless

March 13th, 2005, 07:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
NickDivision Division Vocalist Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 646	she said large...heh. I have a feeling "large drink" means an entirely different size on the Division boards than most others. __________________ http://www.nickkelly.com Division on MySpace Nick on MySpace "Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in...Bash 'em right the fuck in!" - Nicholson as Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrik's "The Shining"