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(Message started by: alien on Dec 10th, 2005, 6:27pm)
Title: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 10th, 2005, 6:27pm
Two men are standing on the pavement near the crosswalk, waiting for the semaphore for pedestrians to turn green. There is nothing unusual about them, but they cause a car accident just by standing there. How?
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by towr on Dec 11th, 2005, 7:45am
Surely there is something unusual, people don't regularly cause car accidents.
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 11th, 2005, 8:03am
That is a relative term. Anyway, they did not cause the accident on purpose.
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by JohanC on Dec 11th, 2005, 8:37am
They were standing [hide]there naked in the middle of winter[/hide] ?
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 11th, 2005, 8:58am
That would be rather unusual, so no.  ;)
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by Grimbal on Dec 11th, 2005, 11:22am
They caused an accident by standing there instead of remaining seated in the car.  The car is now rolling down the slope towards a crossing.
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by JohanC on Dec 11th, 2005, 12:29pm
They ate so much that just by standing there, their bodies completely blocked the view ...
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by ChunkTug on Dec 11th, 2005, 8:42pm
John Speed and Frank Limit are walking to their beer league softball game. They're in uniform and their numbers are 6 and 5 respectively. A driver approaching the intersection from behind the two mistakes them for a "Speed Limit 65" sign and speeds up. He's now driving too fast to negotiate a turn after the intersection and runs off the road.
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 11th, 2005, 10:02pm
No to everything.
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by Grimbal on Dec 12th, 2005, 1:28am

on 12/11/05 at 22:02:26, alien wrote:
No to everything.


That doesn't leave much, does it?
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by JohanC on Dec 12th, 2005, 3:07am

on 12/10/05 at 18:27:15, alien wrote:
... waiting for the semaphore for pedestrians to turn green...

One could interpret this as:
[hide]they are waiting for the semaphore for pedestrians AND they are waiting to turn green. So, if they really turn green, everybody gets very confused and accidents are inevitable.[/hide] You ARE an alien after all ...
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by Grimbal on Dec 12th, 2005, 5:14am
Is it a remake of some western?

Two guys are facing each other at some distance, sweating in the sun, the hands trembling, ready to grab the guns, they are waiting for the signal to start shooting.  But here, the signal is not the bell of the cityhall clock, but a semaphore.
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 12th, 2005, 6:30am
Not even close.  :o
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by towr on Dec 12th, 2005, 6:37am
Is it anything that would actually have a decent chance of happening in reality?
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by JohanC on Dec 12th, 2005, 7:19am
They are standing upon the policeman who tried to control the trafic after the power outage. (How else could it be that it is now taking more than one day for the semaphore to turn green?)
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 12th, 2005, 8:03am
Nope.



on 12/12/05 at 06:37:42, towr wrote:
Is it anything that would actually have a decent chance of happening in reality?

Sure.
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by JohanC on Dec 12th, 2005, 8:11am
They are standing on opposite sides of the road, and are carrying a glass plate in between them?
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 12th, 2005, 11:16am
Not bad, but they are not on the opposite sides of the road.  :P
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by BNC on Dec 12th, 2005, 11:50am
Were they celebrities?
Were they engaged in any special activities?
Were they the technicians who were sent to fix the semaphore, and have actually turned all light in the crossroad green simultaneously?
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 12th, 2005, 1:49pm

on 12/12/05 at 11:50:25, BNC wrote:
Were they celebrities?
No.


on 12/12/05 at 11:50:25, BNC wrote:
Were they engaged in any special activities?
Special? Not really.



on 12/12/05 at 11:50:25, BNC wrote:
Were they the technicians who were sent to fix the semaphore, and have actually turned all light in the crossroad green simultaneously?
Nope.
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by JohanC on Dec 12th, 2005, 2:24pm
A very courteous driver sees them waiting, and in all her politeness stops to let them cross, ignoring the trafic lights. A distracted truck driver crashes into the back of her car ...
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 12th, 2005, 2:31pm
Nope.  8)
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by Grimbal on Dec 12th, 2005, 2:47pm
They are quite good looking and a woman drives by.
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 12th, 2005, 3:51pm
Nice try, but no. When I had sexy hair back then, or hair at all, I tell you, a couple of women that were driving by, stopped, got out of the car, and asked me out on a date. True story.
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by JiNbOtAk on Dec 12th, 2005, 8:17pm
Did they get hurt ?
Did the accident involve more than one vehicle, or is it just one car ?
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 13th, 2005, 2:05pm

on 12/12/05 at 20:17:49, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Did they get hurt ?

No.



on 12/12/05 at 20:17:49, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Did they get hurt ?
Did the accident involve more than one vehicle, or is it just one car ?
Unimportant, but let us say that two cars were damaged.


Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by Eigenray on Dec 13th, 2005, 4:57pm
The sign suddenly changed to don't walk, so they stopped walking in the middle of the street?
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 13th, 2005, 6:26pm
Nope, because they are standing on the pavement, like I said. 8)
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by Icarus on Dec 13th, 2005, 6:42pm
I think you mean they are "standing on the sidewalk". The street is presumably paved, so "standing on the pavement" allows them to be standing in the middle of the street.
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 13th, 2005, 7:17pm
They are not standing in the middle of the street.
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by gigbox_69 on Dec 14th, 2005, 6:12pm
Are they cunjoined twins and people think it's neat, look, and careless enough don't pay attention to the road?
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by gigbox_69 on Dec 14th, 2005, 6:18pm
Were they playing catch?

Were they both blind and their see-&-see dog ran out into the middle of the road?
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 17th, 2005, 8:42am

on 12/14/05 at 18:18:40, gigbox_69 wrote:
Were they both blind and their see-&-see dog ran out into the middle of the road?

Nice try, but to be blind is unusual.   ;)
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by ChunkTug on Dec 17th, 2005, 3:51pm
Were they carrying any shiny objects or dressed in sequins?
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 19th, 2005, 1:18am
Right on, ChunkTug. Yes, they were carrying a mirror, and it was a sunny day.  
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by JohanC on Dec 19th, 2005, 6:50am

on 12/19/05 at 01:18:15, alien wrote:
Right on, ChunkTug. Yes, they were carrying a mirror, and it was a sunny day.  


Isn't it very unusual to carry a mirror (except maybe in your purse)?
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by alien on Dec 19th, 2005, 7:49am
No. Hey Johan, do you carry a mirror in your purse, or sometimes you carry a large mirror in the street so that birds look at your strong manly arms?  ;D
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by JohanC on Dec 19th, 2005, 8:56am

on 12/19/05 at 07:49:32, alien wrote:
No. Hey Johan, do you carry a mirror in your purse, or sometimes you carry a large mirror in the street so that birds look at your strong manly arms?  ;D

It looks like you really know me ...
;)
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by Zero on Jan 14th, 2006, 4:47pm
Whoa.. two guys standing around holding a giant mirror between them is "nothing unusual"??

That only happens in bad comedy movies!

A more realistic answer is that they were near an all-girls catholic school when classes got out and were kissing passionately.
Title: Re: Drivers & pedestrians
Post by red_veteran on Mar 4th, 2006, 8:05pm
1 idea

1. the second man is irrelavent. he first man was homosexual and he was styling his hair with a mirror [homosexual guys/girls usually have a mirror handy (no offense)] and the mirror caught a glimpse of sunlight and the sunlight hit the drivers eye and he crashes into another car.



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