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| Chooooo! Chooooo!: Train Taunter Hit by Locomotive |
| 2004-07-22 |
| EFL Chooooo! Chooooo! An angry, wheelchair-bound Wisconsin man who enjoys flipping off freight trains may have to cut back on his hobby — one of the trains hit him. He should try rolling around naked in nacho cheese dip. Leland Laird, 54, was at his customary position, middle finger proudly aloft, next to the train tracks in Appleton at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, reports the Appleton Post-Crescent. It was sunny out. And there was a faint scent of pine in the air. Or was that maple leaf? That's when a Canadian National engine's gas tank clipped Laird's wheelchair, sending him tumbling to the ground. I bet he drinks a lot of coffee. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #15 Yeah, the teacher brought in this clip and the one where Geraldo's face got rearranged by the chair for us to laugh at. It wasn't a regular thing. He liked to illustrate stupidity. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2004-07-22 11:15:58 PM |
| #14 That’s when a Canadian National engine’s gas tank clipped Laird’s wheelchair, sending him tumbling to the ground. I didn't notice this before, but it's not too likely that the fuel tank would clip this guy before the plow, staircase grab rails, or some other part of the engine forward of the tank got him first, as the tank doesn't really stick out any further (if at all) than any other part of the engine. What's more, if he was THAT close, well, there are typically trespassing laws that apply to non-employees on railroad property.... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-22 5:04:43 PM |
| #13 Silentbrick - You watched Geraldo in government class? What dumbass school high school did you go to? Oh, that's right, the same one I did... |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-07-22 4:21:14 PM |
| #12 Re: Concord NWS: Yeah I remember that. You have to wonder, what was he thinking? "A train with nuclear weapons aboard! If I sit on the tracks, they'll HAVE to stop!" Uh-huh... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-07-22 2:43:24 PM |
| #11 Darwin Awards...calling the Darwin Awards. STAT!! |
| Posted by: anymouse 2004-07-22 2:40:10 PM |
| #10 ACK, that was me, Silentbrick. Forgot I wiped my cookies |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2004-07-22 2:39:55 PM |
| #9 Yeah, it was live on Geraldo. We saw in our government class. Apparently this goof chains himself to the tracks about 100 feet past a stand of trees on a curve, so the train couldn't even see him til he came out of the trees and there's NO WAY a train is stopping in 100 feet much less yards. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5882 2004-07-22 2:38:46 PM |
| #8 BaR and Mike- Thanks for the details. I mainly remembered the stupidity of trying to force a train to stop on a dime (can you say momentum?). |
| Posted by: Spot 2004-07-22 1:40:36 PM |
| #7 BaR- The punch line is that the gentleman operating the train sued the protester. Amzing how quickly the protester dropped his suit. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-07-22 12:57:35 PM |
| #6 lol dragon fly! |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-07-22 11:29:42 AM |
| #5 Six times Bomb-a-rama? Now I see where your handle come from. |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-07-22 11:27:29 AM |
| #4 (but apparently not his cojones because he sued the railroad). That would be the Concord Naval Weapons Station, the dumbass protester was a Brian Wilson, and the railroad in question was the U.S. government. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-22 11:24:02 AM |
| #3 Any relation to Rachel Corrie? |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-07-22 10:21:24 AM |
| #2 I lived for days like that. |
| Posted by: C Jones 2004-07-22 9:40:34 AM |
| #1 This reminds me of the time years back when an anti-nuke (IIRC) protestor sat on railroad tracks to stop a train. He was lost his legs (but apparently not his cojones because he sued the railroad). |
| Posted by: Spot 2004-07-22 9:26:06 AM |