2/14/2006: Massive rock crushes car

Undertoad · 02-14-2006, 06:37 PM

Well, that's gotta hurt. From the French news item, Un automobiliste est sorti miraculeusement indemne jeudi soir de sa voiture qui venait d'être écrasée par un rocher de plusieurs tonnes tombé de la montagne près de Breil-sur-Roya (Alpes-Maritimes), un éboulement qui a entraîné la suspension des liaisons ferroviaires, a-t-on appris auprès des pompiers vendredi.

In other words, this massive, several-ton rock fell from a mountain in the Maritime Alps. The loss of the rock led to the suspension of the rail links, but somehow the motorist in this vehicle survived unscathed. (I think they're saying the motorist was in the car when the rock hit.)

Pancake Man · 02-14-2006, 07:08 PM

I believe the term is OWNED!!!

xant · 02-14-2006, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Pancake Man

I believe the term is OWNED!!!

Ahem. That's spelled with a P, good sir.

Kitsune · 02-14-2006, 07:24 PM

You think that's unlucky? Try this.

Pancake Man · 02-14-2006, 07:59 PM

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That's spelled with a P, good sir

Touche, touche.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-14-2006, 08:16 PM

Well, anybody with any sense knows green cars are unlucky. I wonder if it ran a white flag up the antenna before it got hit?

plaguemask · 02-14-2006, 10:06 PM

That guy is seriously lucky. Or seriously unlucky, depending on how you look at it.

Torrere · 02-14-2006, 10:59 PM

Ils bien utilise le mot "miraculeusement".

moonspider666 · 02-14-2006, 11:01 PM

talk about being stoned

BigV · 02-15-2006, 12:15 AM

Now that's comedy!

wolf · 02-15-2006, 12:45 AM

Even their mountains hate the French.

Interesting.

[Charlie]I got a rock.[/Brown]

I can imagine the phone call ...

"But, Monsieur Adjuster d'Insurance, you do not, how you say, understand. I was not stoned and had le accident, le car, she was stoned. Que? Oh, no, I do not buy the rock falling coverages. What does this mean, between ze rock and ze hard place?"

Trilby · 02-15-2006, 06:19 AM

I love it when wolf speaks french!

manu · 02-15-2006, 10:03 AM

Un automobiliste est sorti miraculeusement indemne jeudi soir de sa voiture qui venait d'être écrasée par un rocher de plusieurs tonnes tombé de la montagne près de Breil-sur-Roya (Alpes-Maritimes), un éboulement qui a entraîné la suspension des liaisons ferroviaires, a-t-on appris auprès des pompiers vendredi.

Translates to :
A car driver miraculously (it this english? anyway I guess it is self explaining ) stepped out unhurt of his car which had just been crashed by a several tons stone falling down from the mountain, close to Breil-sur-Roya (this is close to Nice & the Italian border).
This temporarily blocked the trains traffic, said the firemen on friday

Basically no clue whether the guy was in the car when the big stuff fell down.
Anyway, as previously said, the guy is VERY lucky

barefoot serpent · 02-15-2006, 10:49 AM

I'm pretty sure that the green sign on the car door says: Vote for Hamas.

manu · 02-15-2006, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

I'm pretty sure that the green sign on the car door says: Vote for Hamas.

LOL

Troll inside
Do you really think people support the Hamas in France

Well I don't ...

It is the Office National des Forets, so National Forest Office (was this translation really needed). These guys are taking care of forests, and wild places, so basically they have to drive on very small roads / tracks all over the country

02-14-2006, 06:37 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/14/2006: Massive rock crushes car Well, that's gotta hurt. From the French news item, Un automobiliste est sorti miraculeusement indemne jeudi soir de sa voiture qui venait d'être écrasée par un rocher de plusieurs tonnes tombé de la montagne près de Breil-sur-Roya (Alpes-Maritimes), un éboulement qui a entraîné la suspension des liaisons ferroviaires, a-t-on appris auprès des pompiers vendredi. In other words, this massive, several-ton rock fell from a mountain in the Maritime Alps. The loss of the rock led to the suspension of the rail links, but somehow the motorist in this vehicle survived unscathed. (I think they're saying the motorist was in the car when the rock hit.)

02-14-2006, 08:16 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well, anybody with any sense knows green cars are unlucky. I wonder if it ran a white flag up the antenna before it got hit? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-14-2006, 11:01 PM	#9
moonspider666 Complex Simpleton Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: wv,usa Posts: 18	talk about being stoned __________________

02-15-2006, 12:15 AM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Now that's comedy! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-15-2006, 12:45 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Even their mountains hate the French. Interesting. [Charlie]I got a rock.[/Brown] I can imagine the phone call ... "But, Monsieur Adjuster d'Insurance, you do not, how you say, understand. I was not stoned and had le accident, le car, she was stoned. Que? Oh, no, I do not buy the rock falling coverages. What does this mean, between ze rock and ze hard place?" __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-14-2006, 07:08 PM	#2
Pancake Man Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 131	I believe the term is OWNED!!!

02-14-2006, 07:24 PM	#4
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	You think that's unlucky? Try this.

02-14-2006, 10:06 PM	#7
plaguemask Cellar virgin Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3	That guy is seriously lucky. Or seriously unlucky, depending on how you look at it.

02-14-2006, 10:59 PM	#8
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Ils bien utilise le mot "miraculeusement".

02-15-2006, 06:19 AM	#12
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I love it when wolf speaks french!

02-15-2006, 10:03 AM	#13
manu Writer of Writings Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14	Translation : Un automobiliste est sorti miraculeusement indemne jeudi soir de sa voiture qui venait d'être écrasée par un rocher de plusieurs tonnes tombé de la montagne près de Breil-sur-Roya (Alpes-Maritimes), un éboulement qui a entraîné la suspension des liaisons ferroviaires, a-t-on appris auprès des pompiers vendredi. Translates to : A car driver miraculously (it this english? anyway I guess it is self explaining ) stepped out unhurt of his car which had just been crashed by a several tons stone falling down from the mountain, close to Breil-sur-Roya (this is close to Nice & the Italian border). This temporarily blocked the trains traffic, said the firemen on friday Basically no clue whether the guy was in the car when the big stuff fell down. Anyway, as previously said, the guy is VERY lucky

02-15-2006, 10:49 AM	#14
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	I'm pretty sure that the green sign on the car door says: Vote for Hamas.

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