Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for May 12, 2020
May 11, 2020
May 13, 2020
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. person: well, blow the horn. the "pit of carkoon" type is home to a tentacled monster cap-able of devouring everything up to a ford bronce. in a "k street kanyon," erosion has revealed past geological ages down to the pre-cambrian, attracting paleontologists & tour groups.
J Quest over 4 years ago
In the second example, the “S” in Scrapmaker is silent (as seen in the expressions of both the driver and dog)
PoodleGroomer over 4 years ago
The hardest part of automotive suspension repair is getting the old parts out. It is much easier to put the new parts in when the old ones have fallen out. Suspension comes from the suspense of finding how much it is going to cost.
DCBakerEsq over 4 years ago
The ‘Lunar Landscape’ is a field of rocks and pebbles punctuated by massive craters and occasional NASA detritus.
chromosome Premium Member over 4 years ago
The 3rd one looks like the Sarlacc. I wonder which came first (Sarlacc first appeared in 1983).
SpammersAreScum over 4 years ago
Oh, yes, Richard wasn’t exaggerating much. I had to have a rim replaced after encountering one of these in those days, just past the end of a DC Beltway ramp. And there were a couple others replacing tires near there as well.
Sisyphos over 4 years ago
D.C. ain’t all that bad for pothole afficionados, but it will never top Chicago….
gbars70 over 4 years ago
Is that vehicle attempting to jump the chasm?