Story archives - tag: "car"

Alice Fitzhugh

If it weren't for the accident last night, I wouldn't have the possibility of a photography job for a musician.

tags: car accident fender-bender photography coincidence [add]

2010-02-25 08:06:06 / Rating: 47 /

April

I was laying in bed snuggling with my 6 month old son when my brother called crying hysterically that his wife had just died in a car accident, leaving him a widow with 5 little kids to raise on his own.

tags: death brother kids bed snuggling accident car crying [add]

2010-02-24 15:27:56 / Rating: 92.5 /

HUNGRY

As my car started its sideways slide down the exit ramp, I couldn't help but think that my craving for Burger King was about to get me killed.

tags: snow winter dollar menu hungry craving car accident Burger King [add]

2010-01-04 10:41:14 / Rating: 173.25 /

Backseat, windows up...

It wasn't until I looked on the floor in the backseat of my car that I realized my lacy black thong was still on the floor from two nights ago.

tags: humor car panties thong embarrassed who else saw? went to dinner with dad [add]

2009-09-22 13:09:21 / Rating: 116.75 /

st. mojo

I had only had my driver's license for a few weeks and really hadn't given much thought to what would happen if you hooked up the jumper cables on the wrong terminals.

tags: car driving youth [add]

2009-02-24 11:10:55 / Rating: 178 /

Warren Taylor

In spite of the damage to my car and my body, I couldn't help but laugh at becoming the second person in my family to hit a Burger King.

tags: humor accident car fast food [add]

2009-01-05 08:41:17 / Rating: 620 /

Emilia

When I told the hardware store worker my plan to paint on my ex-boyfriends pristine BMW, without hesitation, she asked what color.

tags: paint car break up [add]

2008-12-29 15:27:20 / Rating: 832.25 /

JLD

When asked by the mechanic what sort of engine I had, I responded "A black one," and didn't understand why he couldn't stop laughing.

tags: humor car mechanic ignorance [add]

2008-12-17 21:51:07 / Rating: 261 /

Lauren

My car was stolen and when it was found 5 hours later the thief had replaced a spark plug and filled it with gas.

tags: car stolen gas funny [add]

2008-08-14 20:33:18 / Rating: 698 /

Elizabeth The Great

When I was four, I ran my dads car into a brick wall in a supermarket parking lot.

tags: oops car accident childhood [add]

2008-05-20 10:25:10 / Rating: 254.75 /

Puneboy

I knew it was going to be a long ride home when he put 'Nothing Else Matters' in repeat mode on the car stereo.

tags: Metallica music car [add]

2007-07-02 14:33:02 / Rating: 290.75 /

Talbert

The loneliest goat I ever saw was out in the field as I drove by, the wooden fence marking the boundary of the pasture underneath the hanging gray clouds.

tags: animal car goat [add]

2007-06-11 09:49:26 / Rating: 282 /

Gravity

As I rounded the hill of the I-35 & I-435 interchange, I thought it was just an old guy in tight white pants whose car had broken down, but then when he turned around, I realized he was an Elvis impersonator, complete with studded polyester pants, tight chest-hair showing shirt, big sunglasses, and the Elvis hair.

tags: humor car roadside Kansas City Elvis Elvis impersonator [add]

2007-06-07 09:31:43 / Rating: 332.75 /

Johnny Knoxville

I swear to god, the doctor actually said, "This guy's some kind of queer putting toy cars up his ass."

tags: jackass humor toy car rectum damn near killed 'em [add]

2007-06-05 17:15:34 / Rating: 284.75 /

how i'd like to be credited

I finally saw how pathetic my car was when I had to use a drink tray from McDonald's strategically placed on the median of my front seat as cup holders.

tags: pathetic car [add]

2007-05-14 13:31:34 / Rating: 323.25 /

Krista

I didn't realize I had forgotten to take the pump out of my tank until I drove away.

tags: gas car oops [add]

2006-11-29 10:41:05 / Rating: 439.75 /

Levontaun

Nothing spells dismay as much as realizing at 80 miles an hour that your tire has come off.

tags: oops car tire [add]

2006-10-24 09:23:59 / Rating: 425.75 /

Adam

The pedestrian looked concerned, as he bounced off the bonnet of my car.

tags: car accident [add]

2006-09-14 08:55:29 / Rating: 796.25 /