barubabe1
02-20-2007, 10:45 AM
Ok, so I'm driving down to Milwaukee yesterday and there is a HUGE backup on hwy 41 southbound. We're talking several miles. Traffic is inching along, helicopters are flying all over, etc. I'm figuring there must be some huge accident or something.
As I'm creeping along, I see a car in the ditch with three young black men contemplating it. They were attempting to remove the car from the ditch but sadly did not know how to accomplish this. Instead of placing the guys who were standing around either in front of or in back of the car to PUSH once the driver got the car moving, they were standing around yelling directions at him, none of which were working (I had my window rolled down so I could listen). As the driver moved forward about a foot, I noticed that his muffler was hanging. So I shouted out the window, "Hey, your muffler is hanging off and is under your back wheel!" One of the guys relayed this to the driver...who proceeded to back over the muffler and completely flatten it. Ok. So traffic keeps creeping on and soon I leave them in the distance. I was stuck for about 40 minutes on that stretch of hwy and when I finally crested the hill, they were STILL trying to figure out how to get out of the ditch! Rock the car and push it out you morons! Sheesh. And these were all fairly well-built guys. A little muscle and they would have been on their way.
Oh, by the way, the traffic jam was caused by a Menomonee Falls woman who had jumped off the overpass of hwy 60 and was struck by a semi when she landed. Supposedly she lived and is in critical condition in the hospital. Some people!
As I'm creeping along, I see a car in the ditch with three young black men contemplating it. They were attempting to remove the car from the ditch but sadly did not know how to accomplish this. Instead of placing the guys who were standing around either in front of or in back of the car to PUSH once the driver got the car moving, they were standing around yelling directions at him, none of which were working (I had my window rolled down so I could listen). As the driver moved forward about a foot, I noticed that his muffler was hanging. So I shouted out the window, "Hey, your muffler is hanging off and is under your back wheel!" One of the guys relayed this to the driver...who proceeded to back over the muffler and completely flatten it. Ok. So traffic keeps creeping on and soon I leave them in the distance. I was stuck for about 40 minutes on that stretch of hwy and when I finally crested the hill, they were STILL trying to figure out how to get out of the ditch! Rock the car and push it out you morons! Sheesh. And these were all fairly well-built guys. A little muscle and they would have been on their way.
Oh, by the way, the traffic jam was caused by a Menomonee Falls woman who had jumped off the overpass of hwy 60 and was struck by a semi when she landed. Supposedly she lived and is in critical condition in the hospital. Some people!