Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for January 29, 2020
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Transcript:
potholes like the eskimos who supposedly have dozens of words to describe types of snow, drivers have developed a vocabulary for pothole varieties. here are a few. a "rimshot" is your common basic tire-chewing, wheel-misaligning pothole. somewhat worse is a "scrapmaker," which often causes spontaneous automotive disassemblage. dude: well, blow the horn. the "pit of carkoon" type is home to a tentaacled monster cap-able of devouring everything up to a ford bronco. in a "k street kanyon," erosion has revealed past geological ages down to the pre-cambrian, attracting paleontologists & tour groups.
well-i-never almost 5 years ago
A good pothole tour could be a big draw in our town. What to sell in the gift shop after the tour though? Pothole globes with brown slush floating around when you shake them? Key chains with a little flattened tire?
Kip W almost 5 years ago
I was riding my bike around my neighborhood in Houston around 1983, and there was a hole at the side of the street that opened into a space a small refrigerator would have fit into. Just the thing you want to see when swerving into the street is an invitation to the Grim Reaper.
DCBakerEsq almost 5 years ago
‘Widow maker’ needs no explanation. Just swerve. Hard.
SpammersAreScum almost 5 years ago
Yup. I had to replace a rim thanks to the morons at VDOT leaving a doozy while moving a Beltway on-ramp. I could see others by the side of the road and in the repair shop similarly damaged.
Sisyphos almost 5 years ago
We’ve got all those and then some where I live. Particularly insidious is the “Ever-Expanding Fault Line” type. Every day is a bigger adventure….