"Leadbull" (leadbull911)
06/24/2014 at 00:21 • Filed to: qotd
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"Leadbull" (leadbull911)
06/24/2014 at 00:21 • Filed to: qotd | 2
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I guess it's my fault for parking under a street light and leaving my windows open. Anyone else have strange stories involving insects and automobiles/machinery-of-any-type?
PheeNoIVI
> Leadbull
06/24/2014 at 00:22 |
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I had a huge spider on my windshield/front drivers window. Couldn't keep my eyes on the road. Bad news. I absolutely hate spiders.
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Leadbull
> PheeNoIVI
06/24/2014 at 00:26 |
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But you like this spider.
You do.
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PheeNoIVI
> Leadbull
06/24/2014 at 00:27 |
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What is it! I can't see it!
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Leadbull
> PheeNoIVI
06/24/2014 at 00:29 |
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Fixed.
YOU DON'T OWN THESE STREETS, KINJA
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PheeNoIVI
> Leadbull
06/24/2014 at 00:31 |
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Creeps me out still lol. Too many legs and eyes.
Big Bubba Ray
> Leadbull
06/24/2014 at 00:35 |
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Kinda long story.
I've got a friend whose dad is a private security contractor for the military. His dad was on tour in Iraq and Afghanistan for over a year at one point. My friend would take his dad's car out every once in a while just to run some gas through it and air up the tires.
On one of his stints driving, a spider dangled itself from the rear view mirror and my buddy freaked out. He punched the spider and of course punched the windshield also. It ended up spider webbing after being punched (oh, the irony) so he had to go get it replaced.
PatBateman
> Leadbull
06/24/2014 at 00:36 |
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There was a Fly in my wife's Expedition (that I was driving due to my wife being on a girls' weekend) on Saturday. Normally, this isn't a big deal. However, it was a BIG DAMN DEAL TO MY THREE YOUNG DAUGHTERS THAT WERE SHRIEKING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 70 MPH BECAUSE "OMG EWE BUG"!!!!
Even with all of the windows down and the sunroof open, the little bastard remained in the car for 10 minutes. All the while, screams.
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Leadbull
> PatBateman
06/24/2014 at 00:44 |
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There was this super-human ( superfly? ) fly that lived in our house for a good week or so. My dad and I tried multiple times to kill it/let it out. Sucker wasn't having any of that. My dad freaking ninja slapped the thing on the fourth of fifth day of occupation. We went to the bathroom, closed the door, and flushed it down.
This damn thing FLEW OUT OF THE TOILET while it was swirling, then FLEW UNDER THE CLOSED DOOR. We just kind of gave up after that. Like, this fly earned the right to live.
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Leadbull
> Big Bubba Ray
06/24/2014 at 00:48 |
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At least the spider died.
Cost of replacement windshield: worth it.
Toby F., Manager
> Leadbull
06/24/2014 at 00:49 |
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aside from the spiders that make their way in and around the car to make webs, the ants that find a way in & the ocassional fly/flies, there are bee encounters while driving. Not once, but 4 or so time while driving did I come across large swarms of bees swarming(?) in the middle of the road/commute while all the windows were down (a good half blocks or so worth of bees surrounding your car). In one encounter, I was a passenger, in another, the windows were manual, the other two I was driving. The windows each time thankfully wound up fast enough. It's truly a sight to drive through a block littered with bees.
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PatBateman
> Leadbull
06/24/2014 at 00:54 |
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The fly was obviously a human in a past life. That's the best explanation I have for your story.
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Leadbull
> PatBateman
06/24/2014 at 01:01 |
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It was probably a dictator or something.
You need to do some serious misdeeds to end up as a fly.
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Leadbull
> Toby F., Manager
06/24/2014 at 01:07 |
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Don't worry, bee happy.
BoulderZ
> Leadbull
06/24/2014 at 01:30 |
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It was mid or late 80s, I think I was about 15, and I know we were headed in to what passed for a town in SE Pennsylvania. My mom was driving our V8 orange and brown window-and-bench-seats van (Chevy?) that Dad had thought was a good idea for a couple of years, for some reasons that escape me now. I remember it had an orange/brown carpet interior, ARE wheels, and glass packs. I was riding shotgun, and because it was summer and there was no A/C we had the windows down, driving along at about 45 or 50 mph. A freaking bumble bee got caught in the stream around the boxy van front and came rocketing in through the window. Nailed me right in the temple, stinger first. I didn't even think bumble bees had stingers. It felt like I got hit by a pro racquetball serve, spiked with a needle for good measure. Swelled up about the size of a racquetball, too. Fortunately, the first traffic light of the dumpy town was only a mile ahead and included a CVS/RiteAid or whatever they were then drugstore. Mom kept her cool, despite a quite colorful outburst from me, and got some kind of crazy anti-sting antihistamine stuff that got rid of a lot of pain and swelling in short order. Really admired her handling of that, and I actually still think bumble bees are pretty cool, too.
Jordan Clifford
> Leadbull
06/24/2014 at 02:21 |
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bee stung me in upper back while driving home from gym last year, that sucked.
McMike
> Leadbull
06/24/2014 at 07:21 |
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Cicada + motorcycle = face, chest, head, knees.
Hit them fast enough and they kinda hurt.
Hit one with an open vent window, and they spray all over your lap, steering wheel, and hands.
