Well played subby.

Clever. Good one

Nice one.

That's nothing. You should have seen the truck that ALMOST hit him. One hundred tonnes at least!

*golf clap*

+1, well done

Superb. +1

Bravo subby

+1

If you think this is good you should have seen the headline I almost got greenlit.

/bravo subby.

Ghastly: If you think this is good you should have seen the headline I almost got greenlit.

Whatever. I actually got the best greenlit headline ever, but it was so good that I decided redlight it myself, as I didn't want the internets to be over.

FeBolas: Whatever. I actually got the best greenlit headline ever, but it was so good that I decided redlight it myself, as I didn't want the internets to be over.

Actually, I got the greatest greenlight ever but it was so good that it overloaded the Fark servers with its awesomeness so I went back in time and didn't submit it thus saving Fark.

Haha. Niiiiiice, submitter. +1

someone vote +1 for me, im on my cell phone

What is this "HGV" vehicle, whose driver the police are "keen" to speak with? And why? Pretty obvious the driver of the crash vehicle just fell asleep, aint it?

/HumonGous Van?

CravenMorehead: Actually, I got the greatest greenlight ever but it was so good that it overloaded the Fark servers with its awesomeness so I went back in time and didn't submit it thus saving Fark.

Well, if you must know, it was I who submitted the best headline ever. I'd tell you about it, but I have to be at the gym in 26 minutes...

Were there any Paladins around?

HGV - Yes I googled it.

"Hypersonic Glide Vehicle"

/of course
// slaps forehead

I'll never understand Teh Metric!

"Three men on a fishing trip had a lucky escape when a 40 tonne lorry careered off a road and crashed just 2ft from one of their tents."

CravenMorehead: FeBolas: Whatever. I actually got the best greenlit headline ever, but it was so good that I decided redlight it myself, as I didn't want the internets to be over.

Actually, I got the greatest greenlight ever but it was so good that it overloaded the Fark servers with its awesomeness so I went back in time and didn't submit it thus saving Fark.



I took the initiative and invented the internet.

thermoplast

"Three men on a fishing trip had a lucky escape when a 40 tonne lorry careered off a road and crashed just 2ft from one of their tents."


That is a correct usage of 'careered'. Go look it up.

The whole experience sounds pretty in tents.

That headline was refreshingly original, witty and unique. Well done, Subby.

+1

Bogolov: What is this "HGV" vehicle, whose driver the police are "keen" to speak with?

IIRC, large commercial transport trucks in the U.K. are often referred to as "HGVs" or Heavy Goods Vehicles. Basically, a Semi.

40 tons 2ft, 60 tons 6 in, then 100 tons on my foot?

You Farkers should have seen the one that got away!

Who camps that close to the road?

Highroller48

Thankee! I was afraid I would learn nothing today.

Well played, submitter.

/golf clap

CravenMorehead: Actually, I got the greatest greenlight ever but it was so good that it overloaded the Fark servers with its awesomeness so I went back in time and didn't submit it thus saving Fark.

Ahh. I remember you!

The men, from Hartlepool, were camping beside Auchenreoch Loch, Crocketford, nine miles from Dumfries

I sometimes wonder about the suicide rate of British mail carriers..

FTA: The lorry landed just two feet from one of the men's tents

Well that must have made his tent disappear pretty quick.

Lawl. Seriously though, why is it that the only logical thing to do after a near-death experience is to go home and get drunk?

DPoem: I'll never understand Teh Metric!

You will never understand the English.

60 tonnes. That's almost EIGHTY TONNES!

Headline o' the year. You heard it here first.

You should have seen the truck they *almost* caught.

I love reading about other peoples' tents moments.

Shucks, you guys :)

/Submitter

Bogolov: HGV - Yes I googled it.

"Hypersonic Glide Vehicle"

/of course
// slaps forehead

Coulda had a V8.
I hope we've all learned something from this.

Very witty submitter. :-) Refreshing. +1

I didn't even bother to read TFA. I just loved the headline. Good job!

We'd better be seeing this headline again at the end of the year. Glorious.

If it had hit the tent, they'd have had to gut and clean it.

CravenMorehead: FeBolas: Whatever. I actually got the best greenlit headline ever, but it was so good that I decided redlight it myself, as I didn't want the internets to be over.

Actually, I got the greatest greenlight ever but it was so good that it overloaded the Fark servers with its awesomeness so I went back in time and didn't submit it thus saving Fark.

Was that before or after you killed Hitler?

/Don't worry, everyone kills Hitler on their first trip.

The ones that got away are always past tents.

A1+++++ would read headline again.

Why was Laurie driving the truck? Laurie can barely drive a car, what's she doing in a truck? It's not a girl, it's a wha...? Jeez you people are screwed up!

So why are you measuring the weight of the truck in Tony's? What happened to pounds? Did you have to change it, because you goofs are calling your money pounds. OK, why Tony's? It's a wha...? Come on, speak English, already!