KarmaSue Denham writes, "I once slipped out of work two hours early without the boss noticing. In my hurry to make the most of this petty victory, I knocked myself out on the car door and spent the rest of the day semi-conscious, bowking rich brown vomit over my one and only suit."
Have you been visited by the forces of Karma, or watched it happen to other people?
Thanks to Pooflake for the suggestion
(
chthonic, Thu 21 Feb 2008, 14:24)
« Go Back
InstaKarma - Just add MopedMy brothers moped was just stolen this morning. Nobody heard anything, despite it being parked around the back of our house, and both me and my father were home at the time. (Ok, was sound asleep, so sue me)
On this particular moped, the handlebars are connected to the front forks by an aluminum tube about 2 cm across. Not hefty, but not usually something you'd just bend or break with your hands. And there's some sort of lock on the handlebars that prevent them from turning.
Now...our culprit had forced the handlebar in some way, probably through brute force and ignorance, and had made the front wheel turn straight ahead. Then he'd started it up and ridden a few metres before the steering column snapped in half from him forcing the lock. I'm sad to say I didn't witness it, but reportedly he flew off in spectacular fashion landing flat on his face.
In addition, said brother rides motocross once or twice a month, so fixing the bike will cost no more than the parts...not a lot.
Sure made me smile a bit.
(, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 0:57, 2 replies)
?Why does riding motorcross make mopeds cheap to fix? I'm genuinely confused...
(, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 2:03, closed)
^^^^^what misskitty said.
and...
Surely, even paying for only parts, if the thief came off 'in a psectacular fashion' many of the (extensive) plastic fairings would be damaged and alo need to be replaced, at considerable cost?
(, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:44, closed)
« Go Back