Yesterday in Seattle, a man drove his pickup truck onto his friend’s roof because “he got a wild hair”.
I know some of y’all might be quick to judge the man in question because, okay, that’s really stupid, but I want to hang out with him, like, twice a month. I want to go watch cover bands with him and drive thru Taco Cabana at 3am. He’s like a real-life Jim Anchower, and America needs more like him. I bet he’s the most fun uncle ever.
Also, it’s often said that the key to good journalism is detail. The fact that this guy was listening to the Spin Doctors as he drove onto the roof makes me love him entirely. Do you think he was air guitar-ing or playing the drums on the steering wheel as he went? Was it Pocketful of Kryptonite or is he the sort of fan who keeps a copy of 2005’s comeback album, Nice Talking To Me, in the cab at all times?
Also, how is none of this on YouTube? If he’s half as good on camera as he sounds on paper, we need to give him his own reality show.
(cross-posted to mightygodking.com)
5 responses so far ↓
1 m.s. // Sep 20, 2008 at 10:59 pm
The picture in that article is awesome.
I feel really bad for the guy.
Sounds like they fucked up his ride pretty bad getting it off the roof.
2 heather // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 pm
chas and yonne’s friends do slightly less extreme shenanigans like this. and they are VERY FUN to hang out with.
i want this guy to be my dad.
3 StuporMundi // Sep 22, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Sorry, kids, I hate to be the Dad here, but this guy sounds like a jackass drunk with impulse-control problems. This type of colorful character ends up maiming or killing innocent bystanders, or at very least it never occurs to him that he might end up doing that.
Personally, I’d much rather hang out with Dan and you guys. Now get upstairs to bed, and I don’t wanna hear another peep outta ya!
Dan Solomon Reply:
September 25th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I know that you’re right, but I am still immature enough to want a sitcom-style wacky neighbor in my life. I can’t help it, dad!
–d
m.s. Reply:
September 26th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Oh, i dunno. I won’t deny that he is likely to do something that might involve people getting hurt, but in this was totally not the case.
And it’s hard to tell. Some people will do all sorts of insane shit when it’s only their butt on the line, but are otherwise responsible.
The before, during and after beer drinking does reduce the chances of this, of course.
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