Weirdest thing you've ever seen at the side of the road?
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Once saw a car pulled over at the side of the road with a woman sat in the driving seat (wife?) looking rather bored and nonchalant ... whilst a bloke (husband?) was sat on the kerb in front of the car rocking back and forth with his head in his hands.
I think we've all been there at some point to be honest.
I think we've all been there at some point to be honest.
RoadRunner220 said:
Like to see North Wales police try and run that f
ker overBack in 1976, for those not around at the time, the summer was a scorcher. n rain for months, I was attending a BT courde in Manor Gardens Holloway. To get there meant walking along the Archway Road.All of a sudden there was a loud horn followed by tyres squeaing and air brakes going mental. turned around to see one of those Biffa style lorries ,those with the humungous high sided tippers bouncing to a halt as some numpty had exercised his right to use the ped crossing in front of him. Whilst this lorry was under heavy braking and was stopping,going forward, stopping, going forward action. We found out milleseconds later when what he was carrying in the back overcame the inertia and made an escape over the front of the tipper ,down the windscreen and over said ped, who was standing petrified as this thing came space hoppering towards him. The avalanche was all those bits that the slaughter house has no need for and wont go into the dog and cat food tins. Rather liquid and once a piece of 40ft intestine comes over,it rather resembles a large slinky in action. There must have been a pile 5ft high and 20ft across with this poor sap standing in the middle of it. The stench was incredible, and when we came out for lunch, although the mess had been removed, the smell still lingered. Never before was a mobile phone required.
In a similar vein - about eight years ago traffic heading south on the A42 came to a sudden halt. The reason - a van was on its side, rear doors open with a hundred or so pigs' heads scattered around it. By the time one lane had been cleared and I was able to drive slowly past, half a dozen police and HATOs were gingerly picking up the porkers' bonces by the ears and chucking them in a heap at the side of the road.
A few pages back someome mentioned matresses on the inner ring rd in Leeds.
Yeah ummm one of those was mine, or should i say an ex tenants of mine who decided the matress would be a great place to urinate many many times over.
Honest to god i was on the way to the tip with it on my way home and it fell off my roof racks! Only noticed when i got to the next set of lights and saw a rope trailing behind my car like a fish having a st. How i didnt notice that blow off i have no idea, i would have been confident tying a cruise ship to a dock with the amount of rope and knots i had in place.
Needless to say i just carried on home.
Yeah ummm one of those was mine, or should i say an ex tenants of mine who decided the matress would be a great place to urinate many many times over.
Honest to god i was on the way to the tip with it on my way home and it fell off my roof racks! Only noticed when i got to the next set of lights and saw a rope trailing behind my car like a fish having a s
t. How i didnt notice that blow off i have no idea, i would have been confident tying a cruise ship to a dock with the amount of rope and knots i had in place.Needless to say i just carried on home.
silverfoxcc said:
Back in 1976, for those not around at the time, the summer was a scorcher. n rain for months, I was attending a BT courde in Manor Gardens Holloway. To get there meant walking along the Archway Road.All of a sudden there was a loud horn followed by tyres squeaing and air brakes going mental. turned around to see one of those Biffa style lorries ,those with the humungous high sided tippers bouncing to a halt as some numpty had exercised his right to use the ped crossing in front of him. Whilst this lorry was under heavy braking and was stopping,going forward, stopping, going forward action. We found out milleseconds later when what he was carrying in the back overcame the inertia and made an escape over the front of the tipper ,down the windscreen and over said ped, who was standing petrified as this thing came space hoppering towards him. The avalanche was all those bits that the slaughter house has no need for and wont go into the dog and cat food tins. Rather liquid and once a piece of 40ft intestine comes over,it rather resembles a large slinky in action. There must have been a pile 5ft high and 20ft across with this poor sap standing in the middle of it. The stench was incredible, and when we came out for lunch, although the mess had been removed, the smell still lingered. Never before was a mobile phone required.
Bleurgh. That's horrible but funnysilverfoxcc said:
Back in 1976, for those not around at the time, the summer was a scorcher. n rain for months, I was attending a BT courde in Manor Gardens Holloway. To get there meant walking along the Archway Road.All of a sudden there was a loud horn followed by tyres squeaing and air brakes going mental. turned around to see one of those Biffa style lorries ,those with the humungous high sided tippers bouncing to a halt as some numpty had exercised his right to use the ped crossing in front of him. Whilst this lorry was under heavy braking and was stopping,going forward, stopping, going forward action. We found out milleseconds later when what he was carrying in the back overcame the inertia and made an escape over the front of the tipper ,down the windscreen and over said ped, who was standing petrified as this thing came space hoppering towards him. The avalanche was all those bits that the slaughter house has no need for and wont go into the dog and cat food tins. Rather liquid and once a piece of 40ft intestine comes over,it rather resembles a large slinky in action. There must have been a pile 5ft high and 20ft across with this poor sap standing in the middle of it. The stench was incredible, and when we came out for lunch, although the mess had been removed, the smell still lingered. Never before was a mobile phone required.
there were two ways i could walk from home to my secondary school. the first was the 'road' way which is self explanatory and about 3 miles. or up the lane and through the fields which was about a mile. the lane itself continued through woods and fields until it reached the sewage plant. one day coming home there was a tanker on its side, a brown river running down the lane and the most god awful stench i think i've ever encountered. i vommed, so did half my mates, and we took the long way to school for the next week or so.
A gang are filling in the potholes round my way. Digging out large areas and infilling with asphalt. Proper job.
They obviously found a dead rat, so after several passes with the road roller the bloke that marks the repairs with aerosol paint
drew a white shape line round it.
It was the biggest rat I've ever seen. It covered nearly a square metre of tarmac.
They obviously found a dead rat, so after several passes with the road roller the bloke that marks the repairs with aerosol paint
drew a white shape line round it.
It was the biggest rat I've ever seen. It covered nearly a square metre of tarmac.
Driving to work one summer morning. Around 5am. Came to the normal roundabout and there at the side of the road was 5 or 6 young gorgeous woman all with their tops off, baps out for the world to see getting a photo taking, for presumably nuts etc.. well the tyres on my car must have worn out around one side as for some reason i went round that roundabout too many times and was late for work. Boss never minded when i told him why. He was more mad i never got a pic.
Laurel Green said:
Yes but, that's like the chap who was run over by a road-roller recovering in wards 8, 9 and 10.
The weirdest thing I've seen was a line of traffic cones on the southbound M1, & a group of guys in HiViz jackets on the other side of the cones who appeared to be digging up the road or something?
I've seen miles & miles of traffic cones serving their purpose as traffic calming measures, but it beggars belief that workmen are now taking advantage of the situation to earn a quick buck!
OpulentBob said:
PhilUK said:
When I was 10 or something I was on my bicycle and thought I could keep up with the cars on a dual carriageway so I moved into the right hand lane of the dual carriageway. Some woman leaned out of her window and screamed 'ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND???' at me.
too... You were one of 'those' kids weren't you?
MitchT said:
I might start doing that, looks like fun.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff