Driver loses control after sneeze, hits riverI mean, I guess he's lucky he didn't sneeze and hit, oh, a tree I guess. Or a brick wall. Or the broadside of a barn. But really, not to play semantics here, but can someone really "hit a river"? A river, especially the Charles, is pretty hard not to "hit" if careening out of control in Boston. Am I being a callous pissant this morning? Absolutely.BOSTON (AP) - An untimely sneeze nearly cost Andrew Hanson his life. The 42-year-old Weymouth man told authorities that a sneeze caused him to lose control of his pickup on Soldiers Field Road and plunge into Boston's Charles River on Tuesday.
Hanson was able to wade to shore after escaping from the truck, which was partially submerged in 4 feet of water. He was not seriously injured but was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
Lawrence Callahan of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation said Hanson told him that after he sneezed, "the next thing he knew he was in the river."
Thursday, November 20, 2008
It's the title of this article that really got me
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i think the first sentence of that piece is an exercise in hyperbole. the truck was submerged in 4 feet of water. he didn't almost lose his life. if there were sharks in the river, maybe. i demand more accountability from the media.
It's typical Boston nonsense. I blame Zoltan.
In all fairness, there isn't much of a shoulder along that particular stretch of Soldier Field Road. Don't get me started on DC reporting.
And what's the deal with having a road in Boston named "Soldier Field Road"?
soldier field river sharks would be a terrible name for a football team.
"soldier field river shark"
That's what I call my johnson.
I call mine "Dave."
Harvard has a football field called Soldier (or Soldiers?) Field. The road that runs past it is Soldier Field Road.
I call my johnson ocho cinquo.
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Good to point that out, Rob! It sounds awesome!
Maybe we can fill that van with Tribe MLS alums. Paul Grafer, Wade Barret, Adin Brown and Steve Jolley can regale the socccer mom with tales of bush.
Busch Field, that is...
'hey deb, wanna see how it bends like beckham's?'
The professor I took 5 Sociology classes with at W&M once proclaimed in mid-lecture (and therefore I treat it as Gospel) that this third leading cause of traffic accidents was masturbation.
Yeah, he had tenure.
Eddie Griffin is looking down and nodding.
If you didn't car jack it at least once driving home from hs practice after watchimng the field hockey team jog by...well, you're lying.
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