The Darwins Are Out - 12 - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

uncle phil · 02-03-2010, 03:17 AM

On April 12, 2009, traffic was moving slowly on southbound I-95. Shawn M. had recently left a Pompano Beach bar, and now he was stuck in traffic. As the saying goes, you don't buy beer-you just rent it, and Shawn couldn't wait another moment to relieve himself. "I need to take a leak," he told his friends.

Traffic was deadlocked, so the waterlogged man climbed out of the car, put his hand on the divider, and jumped over the low concrete wall...only to fall 65 feet to his death. "He probably thought there was a road, but there wasn't," said a Fort Lauderdale police spokesman. The car was idling on an overpass above the railroad lines.

His mother shared her thoughts. "Shawn didn't do a whole lot for a living. He got along on his charm, just like his father."

Though his death was tragic, Shawn's downfall proves the old adage: "Look before you leak..."

Tully Mars · 02-03-2010, 05:35 AM

Bill O'Rights · 02-03-2010, 09:01 AM

Well...since he had to go anyway, is it safe then to assume that he pissed himself on the way down?

Ourcrazymodern? · 02-03-2010, 11:10 AM

I cried. I laughed. I sent his mom a check.

Xerxys · 02-03-2010, 12:52 PM

At least he didn't piss on an electrocuted railway line. That would have hurt all of us.

02-03-2010, 03:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	The Darwins Are Out - 12 On April 12, 2009, traffic was moving slowly on southbound I-95. Shawn M. had recently left a Pompano Beach bar, and now he was stuck in traffic. As the saying goes, you don't buy beer-you just rent it, and Shawn couldn't wait another moment to relieve himself. "I need to take a leak," he told his friends. Traffic was deadlocked, so the waterlogged man climbed out of the car, put his hand on the divider, and jumped over the low concrete wall...only to fall 65 feet to his death. "He probably thought there was a road, but there wasn't," said a Fort Lauderdale police spokesman. The car was idling on an overpass above the railroad lines. His mother shared her thoughts. "Shawn didn't do a whole lot for a living. He got along on his charm, just like his father." Though his death was tragic, Shawn's downfall proves the old adage: "Look before you leak..." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. Last edited by uncle phil; 02-03-2010 at 01:11 PM..

02-03-2010, 05:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	LOL! __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

02-03-2010, 09:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	Well...since he had to go anyway, is it safe then to assume that he pissed himself on the way down? __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

02-03-2010, 11:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ourcrazymodern? still, wondering. Location: South Minneapolis, somewhere near the gorgeous gorge	I cried. I laughed. I sent his mom a check. __________________ BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

02-03-2010, 12:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Xerxys Junkie Location: My head.	At least he didn't piss on an electrocuted railway line. That would have hurt all of us.