A few weeks ago, my wife broke her right foot. Her foot's in a walking cast so she can't drive. Therefore, I've been taking her to work each morning. This morning at about 8:45, we're on the way to he office and I'm driving behind a pick up truck. In the cab of the truck was a passenger who is bobbing up and down and rocking back and forth. I figure he's listening to some music that's really moving him.
The truck was lacking a tail gate and in the bed of the truck I can see a spare tire, a BBQ grill, assorted beer and soda cabs, plastic bags, papers and a green Coleman aluminum cooler. None of this stuff is lashed down. I noticed the Coleman cooler is gradually sliding toward the back of the truck due to road vibration. I decided that the cooler was, inevitably, going to fall off the back of the truck so I slowed to allow additional reaction time.
The road we were traveling on was a single leane in each direction. Well, sure enough, the cooler fell off the truck, bounced and skidded a little and came to rest in the middle of the lane in which we were driving. I turned on my emergency flashers and pulled part way off the road. (I was concerned the traffic behind me, who may not have seen the cooler fall onto the street, may hit it or have an accident avoiding it, so I didn't just swerve onto the shoulder and continue on.
Anyway, I got out of the car and dragged the cooler onto the shoulder. It was obviously full. I should add that when the cooler fell off, I tried to alert the pickup's driver by blasting my horn and flashing my brights, but he just flipped me the bird and continued on down the road. Back to the cooler.
I decided that, since someone was going to own the slightly scuffed up cooler, and its contents, it might as well be me, since I took the trouble to drag it off the street. I was hoping it would be filled with Miller Lite, my favorite beer. However, when I opened it, it was full of ice. I did see something red buried beneath the ice. I dug down and retrieved a small zip lock bag. It contained a bloody human toe!!!
Thinking back to the bobbing and rocking passenger, I think maybe the toe was his and he was in terrible pain as the truck was on the way to a hospital, in the hope of having the toe reattached.
Anyway, I got myself a new Coleman cooler and my wife was only a couple of minutes late for work. What a start to a new day huh?
The truck was lacking a tail gate and in the bed of the truck I can see a spare tire, a BBQ grill, assorted beer and soda cabs, plastic bags, papers and a green Coleman aluminum cooler. None of this stuff is lashed down. I noticed the Coleman cooler is gradually sliding toward the back of the truck due to road vibration. I decided that the cooler was, inevitably, going to fall off the back of the truck so I slowed to allow additional reaction time.
The road we were traveling on was a single leane in each direction. Well, sure enough, the cooler fell off the truck, bounced and skidded a little and came to rest in the middle of the lane in which we were driving. I turned on my emergency flashers and pulled part way off the road. (I was concerned the traffic behind me, who may not have seen the cooler fall onto the street, may hit it or have an accident avoiding it, so I didn't just swerve onto the shoulder and continue on.
Anyway, I got out of the car and dragged the cooler onto the shoulder. It was obviously full. I should add that when the cooler fell off, I tried to alert the pickup's driver by blasting my horn and flashing my brights, but he just flipped me the bird and continued on down the road. Back to the cooler.
I decided that, since someone was going to own the slightly scuffed up cooler, and its contents, it might as well be me, since I took the trouble to drag it off the street. I was hoping it would be filled with Miller Lite, my favorite beer. However, when I opened it, it was full of ice. I did see something red buried beneath the ice. I dug down and retrieved a small zip lock bag. It contained a bloody human toe!!!
Thinking back to the bobbing and rocking passenger, I think maybe the toe was his and he was in terrible pain as the truck was on the way to a hospital, in the hope of having the toe reattached.
Anyway, I got myself a new Coleman cooler and my wife was only a couple of minutes late for work. What a start to a new day huh?
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