Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Doofus Of The Day #148


From Michigan comes news of a series of mishaps enough to drive anyone to distraction . . .


A dive team in Port Huron is fishing a car out of the Black River today after a man who drove onto the ice accidentally locked his keys in the car, and the running engine melted ice beneath it.

“It happens a lot more downriver, in Anchor Bay,” St. Clair County Sheriff’s Lt. Matt Paulus said about fishing vehicles out of the river. The river freezes solid and is often used by snowmobiles and cars during winter months, he added. “We usually get a couple a year. We already had two snowmobiles go in last week.”

The man told police he was looking for his dog when he drove out onto the frozen river from Strawberry Lane in Port Huron Township on Tuesday afternoon, Port Huron City Police Lt. Thom Case said. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office dive team planned today to help fish out the 1994 Buick, a loaner from a local collision shop while his car was being repaired.


Talk about a chapter of accidents! His own vehicle gets damaged, so he borrows one; he loses his dog; he locks himself out of his loaner; and then he sinks the loaner!

I'm glad I wasn't in the area, in case he asked me to lend him some wheels for a short time. After that laundry-list of mishaps, I'd be inclined to decline on the grounds of self-defense!

Peter