Posted on 11/05/2024 10:34:06 AM PST by Red Badger
Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Commuters on a busy Massachusetts road faced a stinky situation Monday morning when two potable toilets fell off the back of a truck.
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The truck failed to clear the low-situated Massachusetts Avenue overpass on Memorial Drive in Cambridge during the morning commute, knocking two porta-potties off the truck and onto the road.
The truck initially left the scene but returned about 20 minutes later to collect its smelly cargo.
The incident was an example of what is known locally as "storrowing," named for Boston's Storrow Drive, which features multiple low-clearance bridges that are often struck by over-height vehicles.
Seems appropriate.
Chock full if dem voters?
Shtt happens
Former mayor mumblin menino would call them ‘pot a potties.’
I miss the days of proofreading!
Someone had an “Oh Shiite!” day...
ODE TO A SPELL CHECKER
by Jerrold H Zar
Eye halve a spelling check her,
It came with my pea sea.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye kin knot sea.
Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it’s weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.
A check her is a bless sing;
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.
Each frays come posed up on my screen,
Eye trussed too bee a joule;
The checker pours o’er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.
Bee fore wee rote with checkers
Hour spelling was inn deck line,
Butt now when wee dew have a laps,
Wee are knot maid too wine.
Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
There are know faults with in my cite,
Of nun eye am a wear.
Now spelling does knot phase me,
It does knot bring a tier;
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped words fare as hear.
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud;
And we mussed dew the best wee can
Sew flaws are knot aloud.
That’s why eye brake in two averse
Cuz eye dew want too please.
Sow glad eye yam that aye did bye
This soft wear four pea seas.
In Cambridge….it probably made no noticeable difference in the odor.
Every August when all the UHaul trucks come to Boston with all the new college students there are always a couple that get stuck on Storrow Drive. Sometimes literally stuck under the old stone bridge overpasses. Even though there are huge signs and things hanging down over the entrance to the expressway warning of 11’ heights.
only the R’s were missing.
This happens frequently on both banks of the Charles River, on Storrow Drive in Boston and Memorial Drive in Cambridge.
I think the cargo of Porta Potties is a new twist though. :-)
Massachushits.
In Longview TX there is the infamous Green Street underpass; before the city had it raised, it had a clearance of 10’; every time you turned around, somebody was getting stuck under it.
The city finally had it raised to 11’ and there has not been any more incidents.
There are signs and warning bars everywhere on both sides.
I didn’t even know that Porta-Potties commuted! :^)
My exact sentiment.
Hopefully they’ll need them soon, after the election is called and all the home toilets overflow.
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