We took a train yesterday to meet some of Steve’s family at a spot half-way between us and them. We got to the station really early, partly because we took the bus there and buses only run every half-hour, and partly because the train got delayed. Here were some of the things we saw or …
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I’ll Hit You Tonight, With A Downtown Train
Why do we still have people wearing headphones while crossing train tracks? I know in one case, they’re not sure if he was wearing headphones, but in another that just happened not too long before these last two train deaths, the guy was definitely wearing headphones. I feel sorry for the folks driving the Maple …
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Someone Needs More Training…No, Not That Kind.
I know that when police and firefighters are responding to an accident, they have to think quickly. But why would anyone think train tracks would be a good place to park a giant fire engine? Of course, the train came while they were dealing with things, and the fire engine was turned into a crumpled …
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The Chew Chew Train
There’s something wrong with this guy. Twice in the past two weeks, he’s been hit by the same train. The first time he was hit by the train, it severed one of his hands at the wrist. This time, he had injuries to the now handless arm and his other hand. And they’re also thinking …
So Much For The Who Done It Part
A trainload of people attending a murder mystery dinner show near North Fort Myers, florida, got a little closer to the murder and mystery than they bargained for Monday when the train they were traveling onstruck and killed an unidentified man who was lying on the tracks for reasons still unknown. The dinner train was …
Mushroom-Clouded Thinking
Most people who find themselves in the trains category either don’t notice the train, or are distracted by things like cellphones and scratch tickets. They are not like James Lampiriswho got all hopped up on mushrooms, and wandered around the neighbourhood naked and yelling at himself, only to stop yelling long enough to ask a …
Grand Theft Fail Auto
I think Gary E. Ensor should take a lesson from Jason Durant and Claude King and learn that just like them, he’s not meant for a life of crime. For some reason, his truck got stuck on some tracks and a train was coming. So he got out of his truck and left it to …
When I Hear That Lonesome Whistle, I Hang My Pants And Die
If you’ve been paying attention to the things you read here, you should have long ago learned that walking down train tracks and being distracted do not a good mix make. Today it’s time to learn something new. that something new comes courtesy of an un-named 22-year-old German fellow who, after being thrown off of …
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A Penny Flattened Is A Woman In A Train Accident
And now it’s time for another healthy living public service message from your friends at Vomit Comet. When trying to flatten pennies on a railroad track, always do your best toget out of the way *before* the train gets to the coin. The report says that the unidentified woman in this case suffered a head …
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I Can’t Think Of An On The Right Track Joke That Isn’t Totally Stupid, So Here’s Your Post Title
Not sure how I feel about this one. On one hand these do gooding sons of bitches are robbing Carin and I of much future material, but on the other it sounds like a great idea, so much so in fact that I think we need a Rover the Rabbit, Penelope the Porcupine and Rosco …