Deadmeat
Well-known member
From time to time I see postings in the Watering Hole about dumb things some folks do, many of which makes them eligible for a potential Darwin Award. Having worked in a morgue for many years, I've long since ceased to be amazed at the last acts of stupidity that makes some of them eligible for autopsy. Oh, the stories I could tell.
Last week my wife and I took a drive around the Cades Cove Loop Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It's an 11-mile loop around some of the most beautiful country in the United States. The speed limit is 20 mph, but even given the slow speed some folks get distracted by the numerous deer, turkeys, bears, or scenery and somehow still manage to drive off the road and occasional hit a tree. The picture below shows the SUV we were following, a young girl sitting on the window ledge with half her body hanging out of the SUV and the other half inside. If she slipped and fell outside the SUV she stood a good chance of being run over by the rear wheels. If daddy drove off the road unexpectedly she could hit who knows what. Maybe it's understandable for the girl not to recognize the danger but what were the parents doing for brains?
Last week my wife and I took a drive around the Cades Cove Loop Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It's an 11-mile loop around some of the most beautiful country in the United States. The speed limit is 20 mph, but even given the slow speed some folks get distracted by the numerous deer, turkeys, bears, or scenery and somehow still manage to drive off the road and occasional hit a tree. The picture below shows the SUV we were following, a young girl sitting on the window ledge with half her body hanging out of the SUV and the other half inside. If she slipped and fell outside the SUV she stood a good chance of being run over by the rear wheels. If daddy drove off the road unexpectedly she could hit who knows what. Maybe it's understandable for the girl not to recognize the danger but what were the parents doing for brains?