Comments on: Lemonade From Idiocy

By: My Brush With the Law | Parsing Nonsense

My Brush With the Law | Parsing Nonsense — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:25:43 +0000

[...] said that he was letting me off with just a warning, owing to my squeaky-clean record (Heh. After my car accident last year and now this, is it really all that squeaky-clean? Should I even be driving at this point? [...]

By: Tania

Tania — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:01:00 +0000

About the bag – from a sustainability standpoint, I’m trying to avoid buying new things these days. I need a new handbag and had a good look at Plato’s Closet, when my teenager was shopping there. Loads of choice and I found a very cool one for $25 – checked on eBay and this model goes for $250 sometimes!! I could have spent $10. So, head to consignment stores. Of course, our mutual friend Karen Burns has done this all her life, but always looks as if she stepped out of Vogue.

By: Erika

Erika — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:36:00 +0000

-Matt, Oh man, that must have been rough in a brand new car! $9K damage is pretty impressive, though. At least you know that when you do something, even if it’s car crashing, you do it well :)

After seeing the damage to Kermit, I’m definitely thinking that a sturdier car will be in order when we have kids in the sweet by and by. Waaay better safe than sorry!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:18:00 +0000

I had nearly the same accident... in a brand new car! It was less than 2 months old, and I did $9,000 damage to it.

5 mph, freeway, into the trailer hitch of a suburban. The kid in the back seat of the guy's car said he thought a bird hit the car.

A BIRD!

Gas guzzler? Sure, but that kid thought a bird, not a 1/2 ton car, hit him. He's safe.

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:59:00 +0000

-Del, You’re so right that I’m lucky no one was injured! I guess Kermit took all the pain for both of us. It’s lame that you’re still in pain from those accidents, though. Tell your spine it’s time to move on, dang it!.

I have seen the Audi R8 and it is totally worth getting into an acident just to ogle over. Such beautiful engineering…

By: Delisa

Delisa — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:39:00 +0000

Well, you know about my two car accidents already…both of which were 6 years ago, yet I am still hurting. It’s a good thing you weren’t injured because a simple fender-bender can wreak havoc on the rest of your life!!

Also, I ALMOST rear-ended someone a while ago because I was looking at the new Audi R8 in the lane next to me. If you don’t know what that is, look it up, because it is quite beautiful.

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:36:00 +0000

-Genay, Poor Alex, machismo is hard-won once lost. At least this accident didn't deprive me of any of my girliness :)

-Mrs. Higrens, Aw, man, how can he fault you for staring at a burning building?! Totally human nature if you ask me. It's true that both the guy I hit and I were alone in our cars, so there were no worries about injuries or terribly damaged passenger relationships.

The great irony in this situation is that the rental car supplied by my insurance company is a 2008 Dodge Charger, AKA a car that is about 3X as nice as the one I wrecked. Doesn't it seem more sensical to supply bad drivers like myself with beaters? I really don't as though I earned the privelege of a nicer car for two weeks, you know?

By: Mrs. Higrens

Mrs. Higrens — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:28:00 +0000

I picked up a friend at the airport and was driving him to his hotel (paid for by the Uni. that was recruiting him). I turned to look at a business that had recently caught fire and turned back in time to slam on my brakes and clip the car in front of me. But only with the passenger side bumper – apparently my brakes weren’t up to the additional weight of my friend. After that, he absolutely refused to be a passenger while I was driving. Go figure.

So there’s your silver lining. You were the only one in the car and don’t have a friend who will now refuse to be a passenger in your car.

By: Genay

Genay — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:54:00 +0000

I don’t know if Alex would giggle about it now…. it still sort of brings fear into his eyes when he tells the story. But I do giggle uncontrollably as he has a very girl-like scream anytime he sees a spider. I mean, I thought I was bad…. but any machismo that might have been in his body is just out the window!!

I’ll be sure to pass along the pretty girl antic to him. Might make him feel a bit better!

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:28:00 +0000

-Genay, Well, at least he didn’t rear-end a really pretty girl and then have to explain to her that he rear-ended her car because there was a spider on his leg. Silver linings, yes? I have to admit, running into someone’s car is awful, but I think if the person is furious about it it makes everything soo much worse. I’m glad your friend Alex managed to get a giggle out of the whole thing.