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i'm copying this from my my post in my fibromyalgia group but the same goes for here. hope this puts a a smile on your face.
i've been away from here for quite awhile and decided to check in the other day. i see alot of new people and don't see many of the ones that used to post on here daily. anyway, i thought i'd repost a story that just might give you a chuckle or two.
this is a true story and needs just a little setup. my SIL is very hard hearing and pretty ditsy. ya know, easy to play a practical joke on. but, honestly, this was all purely accidental.
we were running late getting home one day and she was afraid the school bus was gonna beat us getting home so we stopped at a little mall beside the highway to call for someone to be there when her daughter got off the bus. i just pulled my pickup truck up next to the sidewalk straight across from the payphone. (maybe a 10-12 ft distance). it was cold and there was alot of noise from the highway so my SIL had her back to me . in the meantime, a huge garbage truck pulled up behind me and made me move so he could do his thing. i tried blowing the horn so she could see which direction i was going in the parking lot but she didn't turn around.
i went a couple rows over in the parking lot but was sitting in plain sight if only she'd look around. i watched as she hung up the phone, ran the short distance across the sidewalk and CLIMBED UP THE STEPS of the garbage truck and got 3/4 of the way into the cab ! through tears of hysterical laughter i watched her fly down the steps, run around the front of the garbage truck, and run head down, arms and legs pumping , for all she was worth through the parking lot !! luckily, she just happened to be running toward me.
when she got in my truck she was screaming mad, "why did you do that to me ?!!!" i asked her "didn't you think it was kinda strange CLIMBING UP STEPS to get into my truck?"
when i caught my breath long enough to talk i asked what the driver of the garbage truck said when she climbed in. she said he had a big grin and said, "well, helloooo baby!"
without a doubt, the funniest thing i've ever seen.
i've been away from here for quite awhile and decided to check in the other day. i see alot of new people and don't see many of the ones that used to post on here daily. anyway, i thought i'd repost a story that just might give you a chuckle or two.
this is a true story and needs just a little setup. my SIL is very hard hearing and pretty ditsy. ya know, easy to play a practical joke on. but, honestly, this was all purely accidental.
we were running late getting home one day and she was afraid the school bus was gonna beat us getting home so we stopped at a little mall beside the highway to call for someone to be there when her daughter got off the bus. i just pulled my pickup truck up next to the sidewalk straight across from the payphone. (maybe a 10-12 ft distance). it was cold and there was alot of noise from the highway so my SIL had her back to me . in the meantime, a huge garbage truck pulled up behind me and made me move so he could do his thing. i tried blowing the horn so she could see which direction i was going in the parking lot but she didn't turn around.
i went a couple rows over in the parking lot but was sitting in plain sight if only she'd look around. i watched as she hung up the phone, ran the short distance across the sidewalk and CLIMBED UP THE STEPS of the garbage truck and got 3/4 of the way into the cab ! through tears of hysterical laughter i watched her fly down the steps, run around the front of the garbage truck, and run head down, arms and legs pumping , for all she was worth through the parking lot !! luckily, she just happened to be running toward me.
when she got in my truck she was screaming mad, "why did you do that to me ?!!!" i asked her "didn't you think it was kinda strange CLIMBING UP STEPS to get into my truck?"
when i caught my breath long enough to talk i asked what the driver of the garbage truck said when she climbed in. she said he had a big grin and said, "well, helloooo baby!"
without a doubt, the funniest thing i've ever seen.
Kaley, your comments were cruel and unnessesary. I am a carer for my son who is profoundly disabled following a road traffic accident. I also nursed my dad through lung cancer, he died in August. I now have an ageing mum to look after. Also lost two brothers to suicide. I sure as hell need a laugh sometimes. You sound quite bitter and unhappy. Perhaps some counselling could help you get to the root of it but until then keep your poison inside where it won't contaminate others. Just because this site is anonymous doesn't mean you can troll and hurt others.