No, it’s: A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway. Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was knitting! Realizing that...

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway.

Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was knitting!

Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bullhorn and yelled, "PULLOVER!"

"NO," the blonde yelled back, "IT'S A SCARF!"

NotMAGA Loc: Upstate NY - in a very red county

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F.D.R.

AuntiE wrote:

A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway.

Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was knitting!

Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bullhorn and yelled, "PULLOVER!"

"NO," the blonde yelled back, "IT'S A SCARF!"

On my way to work one morning I was doing 75 on the highway when I was passed by a women driving a Camaro who had a cup of coffee in one hand and brushing her eye lashes with the other while steering with her elbows. Talk about multi-tasking.

RandyBrian Loc: Texas

F.D.R. wrote:

On my way to work one morning I was doing 75 on the highway when I was passed by a women driving a Camaro who had a cup of coffee in one hand and brushing her eye lashes with the other while steering with her elbows. Talk about multi-tasking.

I had one do the same thing to me, but she was tail gating me (about 10' off my bumper, while watching her eyelash handiwork in the visor mirror. We had entered a 55 mile/hour zone, but I did not dare slow down until she finally noticed how close she was, and backed off.
I hope this does not sound sexist, but I think young men tailgate and do other stupid things behind the wheel because they think they are invulnerable., and if something DOES go wrong, their 'lightning' reflexes will save the day. I think young women do similar things for different reasons. I think their priorities are so out of whack that it never crosses their mind that something will go wrong.

NotMAGA Loc: Upstate NY - in a very red county

RandyBrian wrote:

I had one do the same thing to me, but she was tai... (show quote)

Makes me think of the Chicago Fire episode we saw recently where a young woman was putting on eyeliner in a taxi, the taxi had to stop quick and - you guessed it - when the paramedics opened the door she's sitting there with half the eyeliner pencil in her eye and half sticking out of it. Gross!

I bet some of these stories are based on real ambulance and fire calls too!

Knightlady

RandyBrian wrote:

I had one do the same thing to me, but she was tai... (show quote)

I grew up driving in all kinds of weather (central Nebraska) and forget sometimes that most others have no clue. That and drive as close to the white line as possible especially around curves and blizzards

F.D.R.

RandyBrian wrote:

I had one do the same thing to me, but she was tai... (show quote)

I can list several other instances also as I suppose we all could which might make for an interesting thread.

RandyBrian Loc: Texas

F.D.R. wrote:

I can list several other instances also as I suppose we all could which might make for an interesting thread.

Not a bad idea at all. I have had other experiences as well, but I remember that one because I was trapped and agitated. There was a car in front of me, and in the other lane, so I had nowhere to get out of her way. All I could do was keep speeding at 75 mph (as we entered a 55 zone) with this lunatic driving with her elbows and only seeing me in her peripheral vision. If I had even touched my brakes, she would have hit me.

FallenOak Loc: St George Utah

RandyBrian wrote:

Not a bad idea at all. I have had other experiences as well, but I remember that one because I was trapped and agitated. There was a car in front of me, and in the other lane, so I had nowhere to get out of her way. All I could do was keep speeding at 75 mph (as we entered a 55 zone) with this lunatic driving with her elbows and only seeing me in her peripheral vision. If I had even touched my brakes, she would have hit me.

That is exactly why I drive nothing smaller than a 3/4 ton Chevy while a 3500 Chevy is even better.

RandyBrian Loc: Texas

FallenOak wrote:

That is exactly why I drive nothing smaller than a 3/4 ton Chevy while a 3500 Chevy is even better.

LOL! Four decades back I had an old '63 (If I remember right) Ford pick up. The engine had NOTHING in it except this ancient engine that looked like it was made of cast iron. No AC, no power steering, no radio, no nothing extra.
Heavy steel fenders that looked like you could use as anvils, beat up oak timber bed, and heavy homemade pipe bumpers. NO ONE tail gated, or even parked next to me at stores! I only had it for a year, put a few hundred dollars and some elbow grease into it, and sold it for about $800 profit. Sure wish I still had it, though.

FallenOak Loc: St George Utah

RandyBrian wrote:

LOL! Four decades back I had an old '63 (If I rem... (show quote)

You are correct about cast iron engine blocks. Three of my cars are old enough to have cast iron blocks and only my new pickup has aluminum block. It is now 19 years old though. I had a '28 Franklin with an aluminum block but all Franklin's had aluminum blocks. They still weighed in at over 3000 pounds though. Wonderful cars.