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Non-Tech : Ashton Technology (ASTN)

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To: Keith A Walker who wrote (2212)7/27/1999 11:15:00 PM
From: Keith A Walker  Read Replies (1) of 4443
 
Some humor from goastn on the Yahoo! thread:

goastn states:
Being that there is alot of BS around the board today, thought I'd BS a bit myself....I got a laugh out of this - hope you do too....I'm wondering if some of these people are some of the idiots that post here frequently:>

The following quotes are actual statements found on insurance forms where car drivers attempted to summarize the details of an accident in the fewest words possible:
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> 1. Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have.
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> 2. The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intentions.
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> 3. I thought my window was down, but I found it was up when I put my hand through it.
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> 4. I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.
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> 5. A truck backed through my windshield and into my wife's face.
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> 6. A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.
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> 7. The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.
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> 8. I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law, and headed for the embankment.
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> 9. 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 to avoid the accident.
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> 10. To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian.
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> 11. My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle.
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> 12. I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my hat I found that I had a fractured skull.
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> 13.The pedestrian had no idea which direction to run, so I ran over him.
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> 14.The indirect cause of this accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth.
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> 15.An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my vehicle, and vanished.
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> 16.I saw a slow-moving, sad-faced, old gentleman as he bounced off the hood of my car.
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> 17.I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him.
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> 18.I was thrown from my car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows.
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> 19.The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve out of its way when it struck my front end.
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> 20.I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way, causing me to have an accident. (My personal favorite)
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> 21.In my attempt to hit a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
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> 22.I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident.
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