Hero of the Day

[Nate The Great]

So the other day I'm at the local tire shop in town (that's how you say it when you live in the middle of nowhere) getting a tire patched.

I'm just standing around outside the shop enjoying the fresh air and sunshine. Just standing and looking around. Looking . . . spacing . . . looking . . . doing nothing.

I'm about 30 feet from a full-size semi-truck with a full-size grain trailer. I'm totally not paying attention to anything when all of a sudden the semi starts to back up.

"Wait," I think to myself, "the engine isn't running."

But the semi is still backing up . . . into the street.

I realize the semi is parked on a slight slope . . . and I watch as the semi goes by.

NO DRIVER!!!

I throw myself into action and sprint around the front of the semi. I throw open the door AS THE SEMI STARTS TO JACK-KNIFE in the street. I then slam on the brake with my hand, because I don't have time to actually crawl up into the semi. I'm hangin out of this semi with my hand on the brake as it finally stops. Just before jack-knifing.

I then honk the horn until somebody comes out of the tire shop to help me get the thing in gear, since the air-brakes (emergency brakes) have failed.

I ultimately saved the tire shop and/or the owner of the semi thousands of dollars, and I STILL HAD TO PAY FOR THE TIRE PATCH I GOT WHILE I WAS THERE!!!

 

[Krilons Resa]

a big WTF on the part about paying.

 

[JayKeeley]

So there are Jews even in Kansas?

I wonder if you made the local news...

 

[MajestikMøøse]

Sue him. (hey, if it worked for that bitch who spilled coffee on herself in mcdonalds, it can work for you )

 

[circus_brimstone]

That's pretty cool, man. But, I have to admit that I would've watched all the while thinking, This is gonna be cool....

 

[NAD]

This is infinitely better than the Metallica song.

 

[Henrik Main]

This is infinitely better than the Metallica song.

Indeed. However, I admit it - I used to have a weak spot for that song (and I don't exactly hate it now either).

 

[spaffe]

But, I have to admit that I would've watched all the while thinking, This is gonna be cool....

Hehe me too doubtless; the joy wanton destruction > being a hero

And the Metallica song ruels :<

 

[spaffe]

But, I have to admit that I would've watched all the while thinking, This is gonna be cool....

Hehe me too doubtless; the thrill of wanton destruction > being a hero

And the Metallica song ruels :<

 

[NAD]

I've admitted to liking Load, even Mama Said. But Hero of the Day can suck it, the only thing that makes me not want to stab it in the throat is the humoUr of the broken washing machine ending.

 

[Crimson Velvet]

I like Load, too, but I like Hero of the Day better than Mama Said. The country/southern rock thing just doesn't do it for me...