Tom Austin wrote:
> Sabrina Kilian wrote:
>> Jim Charter wrote:
>>> P.S.
>>> So I am teaching a Defensive Driving course a week or so back.  We get
>>> to the topic of 'things that can cause collisions'  We are reviewing
>>> 'environmental conditions that can cause collisions'  I am asking the
>>> class about the road surface and what can make it slippery.  One guy
>>> puts up his hand and very enthusiastically suggests 'banana peels?' He
>>> was from either West Africa or West Indies. I honestly didn't know if he
>>> was serious.  I try to fudge it.  "Man you're killing me.  Banana
>>> peels?"  He got very offended.  Apparently he was serious.
>>
>> If you happen to be following a certain truck down the hill that leads
>> in to Scranton Pennsylvania, that could be a problem.
> 
>     What, having a guy from West Africa suggesting that a car can slip
> on a banana peel?
> 

No, the cars slipping on the peels. Everyone talks about the truck, no
one talks about the wrecks that must have followed it down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pZ3TTmm0n4 just in case, in all the
eclectic music tastes, no one has heard of Harry Chapin.

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