Would you believe......(part 2)

[zardoz]

When I started the "Would you believe..." thread, I had no idea it would become so popular. It began with a rather weird story about a train crew discussing a vasectomy.

Well, in order to continue in this tradition, I present another story for your perusal and commentary.
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APPLETON, Wis. - A man in a wheelchair who makes obscene gestures to the crews of passing trains was injured when he got a little too close to one of them, police said.

A gas tank on a train engine clipped the wheelchair of Leland Laird, 54, Tuesday evening, causing him to fall out of the damaged chair and injure his arm, police said.

Laird told officers he has used a wheelchair since 1989 when a car he was driving was struck by a train near Fremont.

But that's not the reason he periodically "flips off" the trains, Lt. Pat Matuszewski said.

He told police he puts himself where train crews can see him — engineers and conductors consider him a regular — and makes obscene gestures because he is frustrated by their loud horns.

"He lives right near the intersection. That's his way of addressing the loud horns blowing," Matuszewski said.

Laird was treated at Appleton Medical Center for an abrasion to his left arm, ticketed as a pedestrian for violating traffic signals, and told to find less dangerous ways to express himself.
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Information from: The Post-Crescent, http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent

[vsmith]

Lets see...

2000ton Locomotive -vs- 12 lb chair + 200 lb occupant....Hmmm, sounds like the first "accident" that landed him in that chair wast too much of an accident...

Maybe we could get him to repeat the stunt on Dave Letterman's "Stupid Human Tricks"

[Trainnut484]

Next day's newspaper headline would say...

CN TRAIN SENDS "BIRD" MAN FLYING!

Sorry, I couldn't resist [:o)][:p][:o)]

Take care,

Russell

[adrianspeeder]

moron

Adrianspeeder

[locomutt]

That is ONE DISTURBED PERSON!
Hope he gets some help,and I agree with Adrian.

[Anonymous]

LOL

Let's think of Brilliant one liners:
DAN! this is your job...

Seems like the chair wasn't good enough, the tank car must have been a better ride.

hmmm Pops got the Hops!


Can anyone else jsut picture that, pops in a wheel chair, tapping a cane at all the cars that go by, calling them names, and one clips him and doens't seriously injure him, teaches him a lesson:

Now that is funny

Come 'ere' sonny- ahhhhhhh!

[UPTRAIN]

Damn funny, damn funny, I'd stop the engine and drag him out of his wheelchair and kick his ***...that is if I was a mean person, but since I'm SUCH a nice guy, I'd just chew him out or something.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by UPTRAIN

Damn funny, damn funny, I'd stop the engine and drag him out of his wheelchair and kick his ***...that is if I was a mean person, but since I'm SUCH a nice guy, I'd just chew him out or something.

and if you think that is bad, if he were an NS employee-

[Anonymous]

This guy's an idiot--he's already gotten the "chair", maybe lethal injection would've worked better!

[zardoz]

Got another one; this is from Rueters News:

BERLIN (Reuters) - A snarling Staffordshire terrier trapped a German railway worker at his post for hours and even bit through metal trying to elude capture, police say.
At first the arriving shift change at a signalman's box in the western city of Essen tried to get past the cranky canine without success. The police were called, but when their efforts were unsuccessful they turned to an animal specialist.

"At the slightest approach the terrier gave vent to its displeasure by growling and snapping its jaws," police in the western city of Essen said Wednesday in a statement.

Eventually the specialist caught the dog after several attempts, but even then the terrier's ferocity remained so intense that it bit through a metal restraining rod.

The dog was then taken to a home for animals and the railway signalman was free to apply for overtime.

[adrianspeeder]

I could help that dude out in 1 minute. Wheres my shells at?

Adrianspeeder

[SALfan]

I have a question about the guy in a wheelchair. If you don't like the sound of locomotive horns, how dumb do you have to be to live near a crossing where there is a lot of horn blowing? He sounds like the boneheads who move to a spot near the airport and then complain about the noise. If the horns bother you that much, then MOVE, knucklehead. DUUHH!! Sounds like this guy is working hard to win the Darwin Award.

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JOdom

I have a question about the guy in a wheelchair. If you don't like the sound of locomotive horns, how dumb do you have to be to live near a crossing where there is a lot of horn blowing? He sounds like the boneheads who move to a spot near the airport and then complain about the noise. If the horns bother you that much, then MOVE, knucklehead. DUUHH!!

Sounds like this guy is working hard to win the Darwin Award.

6 more inches to the left and he would have....[xx(]

[Mookie]

Said on radio that Washington's Metra (?) had a woman arrested for eating a candy bar on the train? I understand not eating McDonald's Happy Meal on the train, but a candy bar?

Hope the public relations department is fully staffed.

Mookie

[CShaveRR]

A Payday bar, no less...

Here's a link:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,127406,00.html

SisJen, it's the Metro in Washington. Come to Chicago and ride Metra...food's definitely allowed there!

BC

[espeefoamer]

I've eaten pizza on a Metra train to Kenosha.!!![}:)][:p][:D]

[mudchicken]

The "handicapped bird-man" made it to Paul Harvey news earlier this week.

[ericsp]

Great, now in addition to watching out for people trying to blow up a train, we had to watch out for people eating candy bars. I am guessing the candy bar poses a bigger threat, you know how dangerous chocolate can be.

Ever one in a while I like to eat a Twix while watching trains. I guess I had better stop or I will find myself on the ground with an M-16 pointed at me.

[Willy2]

Those are great stories! I really laughed about the guy in the wheelchair! That guy really must have had some kind of a problem.[:D]

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

A Payday bar, no less...

Here's a link:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,127406,00.html

SisJen, it's the Metro in Washington. Come to Chicago and ride Metra...food's definitely allowed there!

BC

Carl,

That was an interesting story,you would think the Police have more to
do than something like that.
You're not supposed to eat or drink on the buses here,but it sure doesn't
stop anyone,besides the drivers do it also.

[Anonymous]

Flipping off passing trains is a real good way to get your message accross, this guy seems to be lacking a little creativity.