>Reply-To: <[email protected]> >From: "sandra" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Cc: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fw: Think You Are Having A Bad Day? >Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 09:46:39 -0500 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > > > >---------- >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Subject: Fwd: Think You Are Having A Bad Day? >> Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 10:40 AM >> >> > >> >> STILL THINK YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY? THINK AGAIN. >> >> The following is taken from a Florida newspaper: >> >> >> >> A man was working on his motorcycle on his patio and his wife was in >> >the house in >> >> the kitchen. The man was racing the engine on the motorcycle, and >> >somehow, >> >> the motorcycle slipped into gear. The man, still holding the >> >handlebars, >> >> was dragged through a glass patio door and along with the motorcycle >> >dumped >> >> onto the floor inside the house. >> >> >> >> The wife, hearing the crash, ran into the dining room, and found her >> >husband laying >> >> on the floor, cut and bleeding, the motorcycle laying next to him and >> >the >> >> patio door shattered. The wife ran to the phone and summoned an >> >ambulance. >> >> Because they lived on a fairly large hill, the wife went down the >> >several >> >> flights of long steps to the street to direct the paramedics to her >> >> husband. After the ambulance arrived, and transported the husband to >> >the >> >> hospital, the wife uprighted the motorcycle, and pushed it outside. >> >> >> >> Seeing that gas had spilled on the floor, the wife obtained some >papers >> >towels, >> >> blotted up the gasoline, and threw the towels in the toilet. The >> >husband was >> >> treated at the hospital, and was released to come home. After arriving >> >home,he >> >> looked at the shattered patio door and the damage done to his >> >motorcycle. >> >> He became despondent, went into the bathroom, sat on the toilet and >> >smoked a >> >> cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he flipped it between his >> >legs >> >> into the toilet bowl while still seated. The wife, who was in the >> >kitchen, >> >> heard a loud explosion and her husband screaming. >> >> >> >> She ran into the bathroom and found her husband lying on the floor. >> >His >> >> trousers had been blown away and he was suffering burns on the >> >buttocks, >> >> the back of his legs and his groin. The wife again ran to the phone >> >and >> >> called for an ambulance. The same ambulance crew was dispatched, and >> >the >> >> wife met them at the street. The paramedics loaded the husband on the >> >> stretcher and began carrying him to the street. While they were going >> >down >> >> the stairs to the street accompanied by the wife, one of the >paramedics >> >> asked the wife how the husband had burned himself. She told them and >> >the >> >> paramedics started laughing so hard, one of them tipped the stretcher >> >and >> >> dumped the husband out. He fell down the remaining flight of steps >and >> >> broke his arm. >> >> >> >> Now THAT is a bad day... >> > >> > >> > >> >________________________________________________________________ >> >Get free e-mail you don't need Web access to use -- >> >Or get full, reliable Internet access from Juno Web! >> >Download your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagh. >> > >> >> > > Betty @[email protected] GATHERING OF THE PAST http://members.tripod.com/~TENNESSEESUE/index.html