Welcome back to my regular feature, “Bad Places to Nap.” Like for example the tattoo parlor, as we saw yesterday, or a railroad track.
People often say to me, “Bob, what are the very worst places to fall asleep?”
In my book, number one would be Somalia. Following that, in the number two slot, is anyplace where a 1955 Chevy Bel Air could fall off a wall and squash you.
Here we see a security guard making the mistake hundreds of people make each year, spotting a wall-mounted Bel Air and nodding off underneath it. Most of them never wake up.
What all classic car fanciers know is that the wall-hangers that came with the Bel Air were notoriously unreliable and shouldn’t even have been used to hang an automobile half its size.
Out of consideration for the squeamish, I’m going to spare you the photo that was taken just ten minutes after this one.
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A security guard sleeps under a car displayed on a wall at Walking Street in Pattaya, a resort town about 90 miles south of Bangkok, June 15, 2009. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang
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So, Bob, by your definitions of humor as defined in the Heart Attack Grill piece, getting squashed by a car is funny? Hello? Hey, the pic is funny and begs a caption like that, but I’m just using your definitions of humor here, so bear with me.
- Posted by steveI knew someone would point out the logical disconnect there, and I am prepared.
No, getting squashed by a car is not funny. But, getting squashed by a car falling from a WALL would be funny, if it actually happened, which it didn’t.
- Posted by Robert BaslerSteve, you getting enough raisin bran in the morning?
- Posted by BandageGee Bob, steve’s right. and I’ll have you know that my dear sweet Aunt Betty got squashed by a red 1955 Chevy Bel Air that feel off a wall in Pittsburgh.
- Posted by Bertoh poor me, in my grief I misspelled fell as feel.
- Posted by Bert