Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 22:37:47 -0800
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From: Art McGinn <amcginn@arachnid.microweb.com>
Subject: Re: Laugh...its Friday
are we sure this was only a 12-volt system?
Scott Atkinson wrote:
>
> Hope you havent seen this one... it made my eyes water!
>
> (sorry for the non VW content....but it is Friday)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> By John McCaslin
> THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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>
> Only in Arkansas
>
> Here's more on why Arkansas is everyone's favorite
> state. This is from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette:
> "Two local men were seriously injured when their
> pickup truck left the road and hit a tree near Cotton
> Plant on State Highway 38 early Monday morning ...
> "Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray
> Wallis, 38, of Little Rock are listed in serious
> condition at Baptist Medical Center. The accident
> occurred as the two men were returning to Des Arc
> after a frog-gigging trip. [Note to city slickers:
> frog-gigging, or frog-sticking, is how, armed with a
> small pitchfork, you catch frogs from the bayou bank.
> Frog legs make a tasty supper.]
> "On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pickup truck
> headlights malfunctioned. The two men concluded that
> the headlight fuse on the older-model truck had
> burned out. As a replacement fuse was not available,
> Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullet from his
> pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the
> steering wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet, the
> headlights again began to operate and the two men
> proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge.
> "After traveling approximately 20 miles and just
> before crossing the river, the bullet apparently
> overheated, discharged and struck Poole in the right
> testicle. The vehicle swerved sharply to the right,
> exiting the pavement and striking the tree. Poole
> suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the
> accident, but will require surgery to repair the
> other wound. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and
> was treated and released.
> "'Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston
> shot his nuts off or we might have been dead,' said
> Wallis.
> "'I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of
> the world,' said Deputy Snyder, 'but this is a first
> for me. I can't believe that those two would admit
> how the accident happened.'
> "Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia, Poole's
> wife, asked how many frogs the boys had caught, and
> did anyone think to get them from the truck."
>
> Scott Atkinson
> Computer Systems Manager
> CSIRO
> Division of Water Resources Email: Scott.Atkinson@per.dwr.csiro.au
> Private Bag Phone: +61-9-387 0206 +61-9-041 904 3422
> PO Wembley WA 6014 Fax: +61-9-387 8211
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>
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> country with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not! But I'm
> sick and tired of being told that I am! -- Monty Python
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