I went to pilot training at Moody AFB which is right next to the big “O” in Okefenokee. We would occasionally have swamp critters crawl up on the air base. Every now and then we would get position reports over our aircraft radios on turtles that decided to sun themselves either on the runway or one of the taxiways.
The base usually dispatched an airman in a truck to go out, pick up the turtle and toss it back into the swamp.
One day as I was flying along, I heard the announcement. “Attention in the area. Runway 18 Right at Moody Air Force Base is closed. Alligator on the runway.” Apparently wrasslin’ ‘gators was not in the airman’s job description.
The Conner’s TV show had a similar concept in a recent episode and it has been pulled and been considered inappropriate. I saw the episode, but I admit I didn’t know about the incident in Wisconsin that set off the call to pull the episode.
C over 1 year ago
Quite the speed bump
seanfear over 1 year ago
well hellooo you’re in the middle of the road!
littlejohn Premium Member over 1 year ago
Now which would be the road-hog?
Imagine over 1 year ago
Rocky…um…turtley road.
Enter.Name.Here over 1 year ago
“WHADAYA think this is, a road or something?!”
dcdete. over 1 year ago
Is the turtle a back seat driver? – Before they invented the back seat?
littlejohn Premium Member over 1 year ago
I wonder if there was a turtle-crossing sign posted?
The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago
He hasn’t invented the steering wheel yet.
figuratively speaking over 1 year ago
That wheel has some suspension!
Chithing Premium Member over 1 year ago
♫ You ain’t nothin’ but a speed bump, lyin’ in the road… ♪♫
rshive over 1 year ago
The story of where roads came from.
joegeethree over 1 year ago
Just another bump on the road.
jagedlo over 1 year ago
It looks like someone’s insurance rates are going up!
yip yip yip over 1 year ago
No road kill today. Yip yip yip yip yip
flagmichael over 1 year ago
John should have darted out of the way. Stone Age non-Mutant Ninja Turtle!
Frank Burns Eats Worms over 1 year ago
There should be a sign that reads:" Caution!! Turtle is Cross!!"
dflak over 1 year ago
I sometimes feel like the turtle when I have to share the road with SUVs. To them, smaller cars are like speed bumps.
goboboyd over 1 year ago
Not the first pot hole in history. De[ending on the season, perhaps a pot bump?
dflak over 1 year ago
I went to pilot training at Moody AFB which is right next to the big “O” in Okefenokee. We would occasionally have swamp critters crawl up on the air base. Every now and then we would get position reports over our aircraft radios on turtles that decided to sun themselves either on the runway or one of the taxiways.
The base usually dispatched an airman in a truck to go out, pick up the turtle and toss it back into the swamp.
One day as I was flying along, I heard the announcement. “Attention in the area. Runway 18 Right at Moody Air Force Base is closed. Alligator on the runway.” Apparently wrasslin’ ‘gators was not in the airman’s job description.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Get outta the middle of the road pokey but!!
indysteve9 over 1 year ago
LOL!!!
Moonkey Premium Member over 1 year ago
The Conner’s TV show had a similar concept in a recent episode and it has been pulled and been considered inappropriate. I saw the episode, but I admit I didn’t know about the incident in Wisconsin that set off the call to pull the episode.
ChessPirate over 1 year ago
Install a ramp, John. Hilarity ensues…
Beetle Bailey's Haint over 1 year ago
Turtle’s lucky it wasn’t Fred Flintstone in his car.
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
Thank goodness for the attic…..
mfrasca over 1 year ago
I can’t slow down not for the weather
Won’t back down, I know it gets better
Too far now if I can keep it together
Won’t turn around not now for just a bump in the road
Oh, for just a little bump in the road
- Ramsey / Lang / Sanders
WCraft Premium Member over 1 year ago
We don’t need speed bumps in our area, that is what armadillos are for.
EnlilEnkiEa over 1 year ago
Could be worse. Could’ve been a car.
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction over 1 year ago
Think back to the opening pages of The Grapes of Wrath.
hagarthehorrible over 1 year ago
I see someone green with envy.
1967Falcon over 1 year ago
That should have been Wednesday’s comic.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 1 year ago
Well, he the only one going, so…