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A GIGGLE AT OTHERS EXPENSE (fwd)

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Subject: A GIGGLE AT OTHERS EXPENSE (fwd)
From: "Carl Musson (EVENTS)" <musson@arts.usf.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 12:30:08 -0500 (EST)
These were probably around before but...

TR3 owners... Make note of #21.  Was this you and your car????

later...
Carl

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Funny Accident Explanations
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Following are actual statements found on insurance forms where car
> drivers attempt to summarize the details of an accident in the fewest
 > words possible. These instances of faulty writing serve to confirm
> that even incompetent writing may be highly entertaining.
>
>   1. Coming home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree
>      I don't have.
>   2. The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its
>      intentions.
>   3. I thought the window was down, but I found out it was up, when I
>      put my head through it.
>   4. I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.
>   5. A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face.
>   6. A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.
>   7. The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times
>      before I hit him.
>   8. I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my
>      mother-in-law and headed over the enbankment.
>   9. In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
>  10. I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As
>      I reached an intersection, a hedge sprang up, obscuring my vision
>      and I did not see the other car.
>  11. I had been driving for 40 years when I fell asleep at the wheel
>      and had an accident.
>  12. I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my
>      universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident.
>  13. As I approached the intersection a sign suddenly appeared in a
>      place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable
>      to stop in time to avoid the accident.
>  14. To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the
>      pedestrian.
>  15. My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle.
>  16. An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished.
>  17. I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my hat,
>      found that I had a fractured skull.
>  18. I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side
>      of the road when I struck him.
>  19. The pedestrian had no idea which direction to run, so I ran over
>      him.
>  20. I saw a slow-moving, sad-faced old gentleman as he bounced off
>      the roof of my car.
>  21. The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small
>      car with a big mouth.
>  22. I was thrown from my car as it left the road. I was later found
>      in a ditch by some stray cows.
>  23. The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve
>      out of its way, when it struck the front end.
>
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