South Philly Man Uses Mattress to Set Car(s) On Fire, and Other Updates from the Blizzard

"WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon." (wtfmpl) 01/25/2016 at 11:05 • Filed to: BLIZZARD2016, Winter Storm Jonas, Philly

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Via !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , some dude on Saturday night (you know, when it was still blizzarding) decided to throw an old mattress under his wheels for traction to set multiple cars on fire:

So yeah, that did not go well. While some streets have !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! with nowhere to put this much snow, others apparently have burned-out cars to contend with.

Also of note, because Philly, “a man ... leaned out from a second-story window Sunday to complain that the street had not been touched by a city plow.” Of course he did. I imagine it started with “AY YO ARE YOU THE INQUIRER?!” (pronounced “inkwire”)

Meanwhile, the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ,

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...which will likely be a hilarious crisis in the coming weeks. If you don’t know what space-saving is, its the proud tradition of using household items to claim a shoveled out parking spot, as explained by this mildly racist video:

As a result of all this chaos associated with street parking(and the risk of getting plowed/crashed into), I left my car at my parents in the suburbs all weekend, and shoveled it out when i got a ride home (because the train was/is still not running) yesterday.

It was admittedly very bizarre walking the empty streets of center city during the storm Saturday, but also very awesome.

I hope Doug has a good garage.

DrJohannVegas > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 01/25/2016 at 11:14

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I snorted coffee out my nose on that Hotline Bling cover. Damn, PPD, you funny.

iSureWilll > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 01/25/2016 at 11:17

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I'll ride the train over from Jersey next weekend. Let's get a beer.

Stapleface > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 01/25/2016 at 11:28

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As someone who works in South Philly, I can confirm people are dumb.

And the whole parking space thing can get someone shot. While I agree that no one owns the street and you shouldn’t save spaces, I can see why people get pissed about someone taking the spot they took the time to dig out.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 01/25/2016 at 11:32

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You have great taste in beer. Also, you have great tasting beer.

WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 01/25/2016 at 11:34

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It seemed appropriate given the circumstances.

That's gonna leave a mark! > Stapleface 01/25/2016 at 12:41

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Spot saving is the rule in Chicago. Yes don’t F with a spot saving device (I prefer the 50s vintage kitchen chair myself) or you will get shot. No joke as people are shot for less.

I question the whole getting my car out of the snow thing. Perhaps an insurance scam?