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(as seen @ the Polk forums -- and offered with apologies to any who struggle with alcohol or other addictions)
bloodshoteyed
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I came across the site inspirobot.me where an AI 'generates unlimited amounts of unique inspirational quotes for endless enrichment of pointless human existence'. Here are some more memorable samples:
If people tell you that you can't fight depression, lie down and die.
Someday, science will allow us to swallow the unswallowable.
Finding romance is not a question of ‘How?’ but ‘Why the hell?’
Parenthood is often like a hostage situation. Fun. For a while.
Our large intestines begin where art exhibitions end.
Soon, everything will make perfect sense. So it’s okay to play with yourself.
Without entropy there can be no dignity.
Don’t be cruel. Shut up.
If people tell you that you can't fight depression, lie down and die.
Someday, science will allow us to swallow the unswallowable.
Finding romance is not a question of ‘How?’ but ‘Why the hell?’
Parenthood is often like a hostage situation. Fun. For a while.
Our large intestines begin where art exhibitions end.
Soon, everything will make perfect sense. So it’s okay to play with yourself.
Without entropy there can be no dignity.
Don’t be cruel. Shut up.
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This Woman fuelled her car through an air intake and thus set her Smart car on fire.
Photo: Büh, Florian / action press
A woman from Hamburg narrowly escaped a catastrophe: She refuelled incorrectly and her car caught fire. Now she criticises the manufacturer.
Hamburg. Apparently, the Hamburg woman was not entirely familiar with her Smart car: on Wednesday afternoon, a 39-year-old woman stopped at a petrol station in the district of Langenhorn. Her fatal mistake: she confused the tank opening and the external air intake of the engine of her Smart.
The petrol spilled onto the floor, creating a large puddle, according to reports including this one. Instead of informing the petrol station staff, she drove off. The spilled petrol apparently ran over the hot engine and caught fire - suddenly the Smart was on fire. A fireman who happened to be nearby extinguished the fire.
Woman faces arson charges
The 39-year-old woman is now making serious accusations against the manufacturer of the vehicle. "Why isn't that labelled that you can't put anything in there? It looks just like the tank," she said angrily, according to the "Hamburger Abendblatt". She had only owned the car for one day.
"The police said I'd be charged with arson," she said, almost bursting into tears. "I didn't do it on purpose after all."
Volker Jürgensen, head of operations at the Hamburg fire brigade, told the newspaper, "As you hear, something like this happens often." He advises to stop the refuelling process immediately in case of a mix-up and to inform the petrol station staff. "Under no circumstances start the vehicle!" said the official from Hamburg's professional fire brigade.
In fact, the mistake is likely to be known to some owners of the first generation of the small car. This is because at least older Smart models - like the one belonging to the Hamburg woman - have an opening on the driver's side that roughly resembles the fuel tank opening. In later models, the carmaker changed the detail - and replaced it with a vent that does not remotely resemble the fuel tank opening. (les)
Source:
Frau betankt Smart durch Lüftungsloch – Auto geht in Flammen auf
Eine Hamburgerin ist knapp einer Katastrophe entkommen: Sie tankte ihren Smart falsch, der Wagen fing Feuer. Sie kritisiert den Hersteller.
