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A man in Christchurch, New Zealand was enjoying his evening porcelain meditation when all of a sudden he had an unexpected visitor in the form of a four-wheel-drive truck (not pictured). Let this be an important lesson that, when parking on a hill, you need to engage that handbrake properly. Also, don't put your bathroom on the bottom of thirty-foot-long hill. Police said the vehicle belonged to a contractor next door who was a little displeased to find out that said truck was suddenly parked in someone else's house. Our favorite part below the jump.
From the article:
When the home owner was asked how the builder might be feeling, he reportedly said: "What about me? I got knocked off the toilet. I got a hell of a fright."Seriously, it scared the crap out of him. [News.com.au, photo Photobucket]
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"Terror on the Toilet, page 137. That sounds interesting. I think I'll read that..."
People drive Dodges in New Zealand!?!? THAT is news to me!
@Feds: Hah, we had to be creative with the photo.
The Fartful Dodger!
Sorry, I'm in a puerile mood this morning.
The poor builder. His truck will obviously need work to become useable again. How will he do his job in the meantime.
Your house was destroyed, you were almost killed, yeah, yeah. What about how the builder is feeling? I mean, his truck is broken.
@ash78: ASH your way with the English language always astounds. Thanks for giving me some smiles this morning. I'm sure this experience accomplished more than any laxative could achieve.
Looks more like Mississippi.
"What about me? I got knocked off the toilet. I got a hell of a fright."
I know it violates the rules, buts thats really COTD
The home owner was apparently reading
"Doing Your Own Being" by "RAM DASS" [www.ramdass.org]
I guess his own being got a doing all right.
At least it was a contractor that did it. He should be able to fix the house for cheap. :P Also, another tip for parking on hills: turn your front wheels towards the street if you're parked facing uphill or turned towards the curbed if parked facing downhill so that if something does fail, your car will roll into the curb and not straight down the hill.
@mopar_man: Good advice.
"Here I sit, all broken hearted. I tried to sh-t but only AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
*plop*
@Feds: Nah. In America, Rams rear end people. In New Zealand, people rear end rams.
Also ATTENTION GAWKER OVERLORDS: I can't post any comments using the Firefox browser. Only works using IE. Very annoying!
I'm not having trouble. Keep trying it should start working soon.
I didn't even know they had indoor plumbing in New Zealand.
He may have lost his toilet, but the bright side is that he now has a brand new garage.....
"KABLAAM"
"Oh no...not on the floor....damn!....and on the shoes!!"
New Zealander picks himself up off the floor in a dazed and painful state. He looks behind him and gasps "MY GOD, I don't remember eating THAT!!!"
It knocked the shit out of him.
..it happens in New Zealand too.
Builder? Man in hurry to sell house? That was no accident.
I'm sure that scared the shit out of him.... HAHA
My image of NZ is shattered. To think that a Kiwi would live in a "Gold Star E-Z Livin' Double Wide Mobile Home" is beyond the pale.
another day to be very proud to be a new zealander, yesterday we had this as our most important news story:
A New Zealand man who claimed to have been left speaking Australian after being raped by a wombat, has been sentenced to 75 hours' community work for his trouble.
[www.stuff.co.nz]
@muhnkee_2: Don't fret, you guys have the Paua House.
@sliderule: Good one.
What are the fish hooks for?
I would consider this a motorcycle vs truck accident since the man was riding "the porcelain honda"
boy, that sure is one SHITTY situation (rim-shot) WAKKA WAKKA!
Can you DODGE that?
The article failed to note that the contractor always wanted a dump truck.
Was he wearing his seatbelt?
@muhnkee_2: I liked the fact that he said he was alright except he now spoke "Australian".
I'm guessing that getting knocked off your toilet would be rather un-choice, eh bro.
Hey, shit happens. And for this guy, it was both ways.
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