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Posted by: Some_people_juggle_geese™ | March 24, 2006 at 08:19 AM
Reminds me of that line from the Elvis movie:
ICBM.
You see BM?
Posted by: O. the U(manity) | March 24, 2006 at 08:20 AM
Oh, I forgot. First.
Posted by: Some_people_juggle_geese™ | March 24, 2006 at 08:20 AM
a poosicle?
Posted by: crossgirl | March 24, 2006 at 08:20 AM
Oh, I forgot. First.
Posted by: Some_people_juggle_geese™ | March 24, 2006 at 08:21 AM
Gorram doubble post, Sowwy People.
Posted by: Some_people_juggle_geese™ | March 24, 2006 at 08:22 AM
"They said there had been a loud bang. The only way they could describe it was it was like a water balloon falling and exploding on the ground."
What kind of water balloons do they use over in the UK???
Posted by: 9to5er | March 24, 2006 at 08:23 AM
Great. Excretorysicles™ and great big snakes. This day is not starting out well.
*sigh*
Posted by: KDF | March 24, 2006 at 08:25 AM
I see the British (? - or is it?) talent for subtle understatement is still alive a well, as in some of their phraseology:
... plummeted at a tremendous pace ... from several thousand feet up? Sha-ZAM! (And, whut ever happended to metric?)
... very low outside temperature ... well, yeah, temps @ "several thousand feet up" get pretty cold, but I s'pose since they lost their metrics, they din't wanna say how cold ...
Posted by: O. the U(manity) | March 24, 2006 at 08:27 AM
... and ... why is it that when this happens, they blame the plane?
Also, why is it that the usual examples we hear of always involve ice hitting cars or roofs? Couldn't we ask these pilots to take better aim, at, for example: squirrels ... or ... K-Federslime & BritTwit ... or ... another sort of BM (I won't link that, to preserve y'alls' eyebones ...)
Posted by: O. the U(manity) | March 24, 2006 at 08:47 AM
The ice hit the bonnet of her "SMART car" huh? well if it was so damn SMART, why the hell didnt it get out of the way? And why didnt it call her to tell her it got hurt?
Posted by: CoastRaven | March 24, 2006 at 08:53 AM
Don't Eskimos have ICBM's?
Posted by: fivver | March 24, 2006 at 09:20 AM
Have you been to Harborough Fair?
Peesleigh, poo, excreta and ice
Remember to duck if a plane's in the air..
Or, on second thought, have you looked into on-line shopping?
Posted by: TraditionalEnglishFolkLorista | March 24, 2006 at 09:26 AM
Imagine the trouble they are going to have with their insurance. They weave a tale about large chunks breaking things, the evidence melts, and the adjuster shows up to see damage and the place reeks of urine.
"Your policy doesn't cover damages caused by a wild party, ma'am."
Posted by: MartiniShark | March 24, 2006 at 09:27 AM
Forget about the property damage, what about the EEEEW factor? Were it me and the adjuster didn't consider the car a write-off, I would have that sucker towed and buy a new car. I reiterate: EEEEW.
Posted by: KOW | March 24, 2006 at 09:59 AM
it's a good thing Chicken Little wasn't there....."The sky is falling.....and it's crapping on us"
Posted by: this Lukas is clogging my throat | March 24, 2006 at 10:45 AM
KOW -- Regarding EEEEWWWW factor.
Not to worry. Most auto insurance ompanies indeed cover this type of occurrance. It's catagorized as a "Those Where iI Melted Smelt it, Rider."
Posted by: herb | March 24, 2006 at 11:23 AM
Leaks from toilet systems can occur if there is a fault on the seal at the point where the hose from the collection vehicle connects with the aircraft.
A small leak at high altitude will form ice because of the very low outside temperature. As the aircraft descends at the end of its journey, the temperature rises and the ice can detach and fall to the ground.
I've been reading about these incidents for years, and this is the clearest explanation of how it happens that I have ever read.
But that's not gonna help the poor lady with the smashed car.
Posted by: Bill | March 24, 2006 at 01:43 PM
Add "blue ice" to the list of things you shouldn't let your kids lick. I believe yellow snow is also on that list. Hope they never fall on one of those NY "two bit" toilets.
Posted by: The Sardonicynic | March 24, 2006 at 01:57 PM
Posted by: Sarah J | March 24, 2006 at 03:04 PM
dang it
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I give up
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WTD?
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why isn't it working?!?!?!?!?!?
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(now do you remember what you did for future reference?)
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I did all of the things I usually do to fix it, but none of them worked, so I did them in combinations and finally fixed it. I do three end italics tags in a row, and there are four ways to do them, so I tried everything, and all of a sudden something worked, but I don't remember which combo it was. hopefully I'll do better next time :)
Posted by: blog maid | March 24, 2006 at 04:36 PM
And now back to the show.
"trainee driving instructor" Does this mean there are driving instructor instructors? And trainee driving instructor instructors? And driving instructor instructor instructors? And...
Posted by: Curious George | March 24, 2006 at 09:22 PM