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15 Apr 2003 by
Maybe I’m a bad bad person, but hearing that Rodney King crashed his SUV into a house after weaving through traffic at 100 mph just makes me chuckle. I didn’t laugh when he was beaten by the cops in 1991, or when he was convicted of spouse abuse in 1999, or when he pleaded no contest to three counts of being under the influence of PCP and a count of indecent exposure in 2001, but I’ve never been able to keep a straight face after learning someone crashed into a house. And, BTW, what’s up with him not getting arrested for this latest adventure? The authorities in FLA didn’t have must trouble arresting a hyperactive sixth-grader for stomping in puddle.
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15 Apr 2003 | Moe said...
A friend of mine lived in a house that was hit by a school bus the year before. And the people that owned the house took the insurance money, but never fixed the house so it still had a huge dent in it. The bus actually jumped the curb and drove on the lawn a good 30 feet before crashing into the corner of the house.
I wonder if his name was Otto?
15 Apr 2003 | Toby said...
My parents' house was hit once and has had the trees and fencing in the front lawn hit numerous times. There is a sign across the street to indicate that RT 309 is on the left up ahead. Unfortunately, some drunks consider it to be a "Fer Chrissakes Turn Immediately" sign and head up our driveway (which is only 20 feet long).
Lately, the Philadelphia region has had an odd run of vehicles-hitting-homes and/or businesses. Every other night there is something on the local news...I've been meeting to devote a website to it, but decide that it was still WAY too trivial...even for the internet.
15 Apr 2003 | JFR said...
JF- a night of free beer and chicken if you correctly identify the two lads from the class of '92 who crashed into a house freshman year.
Hint- the car was an Acura and it belonged to an older brother.
15 Apr 2003 | JF said...
You think I'd forget? EK (and not the former 37s one).
15 Apr 2003 | nathan said...
Awesome, I can't wait for Rodney King's A&E Biography.
15 Apr 2003 | JFR said...
Ding ding ding ding ding!
Please redeem this coupoun for one night of free beer and chicken on yours truly.
I believe BR was a passenger.
15 Apr 2003 | bah said...
My parents lived on a corner lot and for some reason we would have about 12 cars a year drive up on our lawn and almost hit the house. Finally my dad went out and bought a huge boulder to stick on the corner, now instead of hitting the fence/house/bushes people usually hit the rock and just stop.
16 Apr 2003 | sw said...
hell yeah man Americans need to stop being materialistic and chasing the mighty dollar. Money is the route to all evil !They got it right.
16 Apr 2003 | MrAnonymous said...
My classmate's house has a garage that sticks out in front of the rest of the house. One day a large van drove right through it, stopping at the front door. The saddest part was that his dad's motorcycle was in the garage at the time.
01 Jan 2004 | heaven and hell said...
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