Hehe.

I woulda thought that they could hear the sound of the tyres?

Plungers left in toilets? Hehe!

Few people know that Helen Keller's daughter committed suicide.

It's true. I mean, you'd off yourself too if your name was "BLLLEAAARRARRARRRGH!!!"

How do you punish a blind kid?

Re-arrange the furniture

HAHAHAHAHAHA

The last one made me wince.

That article really opened my eyes.

What about Braille-imprinted keys at drive-through ATMs?

/plunger-in-the-toilet *snicker*

Poor people who whine because they can't afford to replace their vision piss me off

how about having a man run in front of these car waving a red flag and rining a bell?

Regardless of whether the car is hybrid or not, blind people should not be driving.

Since this is going to end up being a Helen Keller joke thread, I might as well wade in.

What did Helen Keller say on the coldest day of the year? Nothing. She was wearing mittens.

Why is Helen Keller's leg yellow? Her dog is blind too.

/here all week
//try the veal

UPIA?

Atillathepun: Since this is going to end up being a Helen Keller joke thread,

What's her favourite colour?

Courdroy

Robo Beat: Few people know that Helen Keller's daughter committed suicide.

It's true. I mean, you'd off yourself too if your name was "BLLLEAAARRARRARRRGH!!!"

I don't get it.

There was an article in my local rag about people (who could see) complaining that the hybrid buses the city rolled out were dangerous for the same reasons.



/cause ya just wouldn't see that coming

I'm sure the ADA will step in on this one shortly and have people fined for driving quiet cars.

/had a blind staffer at the old job
//monthly she'd scream "I'm suing over something"

Cormee: Regardless of whether the car is hybrid or not, blind people should not be driving.

Reminds me of some years ago at a Ham radio group. They were laughing about one guy who had gotten his ham radio license through an easier test because he was blind.

They saw him driving a car a few weeks later.

Can't they just get those cochlear implants?

dj_spanmaster: UPIA?

My mind. Out. Now.

Shouldn't this story be on the radio rather than on Fark?

Surely the smell of smug wafting in the air would be a tip-off?

mathmonkey: Can't they just get those cochlear implants?

Hey! I resemble that remark!

/Has a CI

My local McDonald's used to have a sign at the drive-through that read "WE HAVE BRAILLE MENUS". I recall it had really big letters so the blind people could see it.

If they get hit it's not like they're even going to get injured anyway... It would probably total the car.

SnarfVader: My local McDonald's used to have a sign at the drive-through that read "WE HAVE BRAILLE MENUS". I recall it had really big letters so the blind people could see it.

Well in fairness to them, not everyone who is legally blind or who reads braille is 100% blind, a lot have really shiate vision, so that sign, regardless of how silly it may seem does have a legitimate place.

I'm blind, so if I could read these replies, I'm sure I would be getting a kick out of them.

This is an example of what every biker knows already ... "Loud Pipes Save Lives."

I guess the Blind Mutes are really farked then huh?

why was helen keller a bad driver?

she was a woman.

Cormee: SnarfVader: My local McDonald's used to have a sign at the drive-through that read "WE HAVE BRAILLE MENUS". I recall it had really big letters so the blind people could see it.

Well in fairness to them, not everyone who is legally blind or who reads braille is 100% blind, a lot have really shiate vision, so that sign, regardless of how silly it may seem does have a legitimate place.

Yeah, I figured it was for the people who were driving the car to so they could get a menu for their blind passengers. Still, the first impression was made you go, "Hmmmmmm...."

/And yes those damn hybrids are too quiet, even for sighted pedestrians.
//You just don't expect them when you can't hear them.

Cosmic Crab: Surely the smell of smug wafting in the air would be a tip-off?

Oh, that's so clever, did you think it up all by yourself?

/also stolen

TheGreatKordino: This is an example of what every biker knows already ... "Loud Pipes Save Lives."

And I'm sure that deer whistles would work just as well for blind people as they do for deer.

This is an example of what every biker knows already ... "Loud Pipes Save Lives."

Very nice! This thread is full of win

the only reason you don't hear about people gettin run over in hybrids is they can't get to high enough speeds in time.

/ramming speed!

Cosmic Crab: And I'm sure that deer whistles would work just as well for blind people as they do for deer.

Whistles? On cars?
WOOO WOOO

Submitter is a genius, but MUST rot in hell for the "plunger" part of the sentence.

SnarfVader: Cormee: SnarfVader: My local McDonald's used to have a sign at the drive-through that read "WE HAVE BRAILLE MENUS". I recall it had really big letters so the blind people could see it.

Well in fairness to them, not everyone who is legally blind or who reads braille is 100% blind, a lot have really shiate vision, so that sign, regardless of how silly it may seem does have a legitimate place.

Same thing goes for Braille keys on drive-through ATMs. Manufacturers are not going to set up an additional assembly line just so they produce one set of keys for drivers, and another for walkers. All of the machines get the same keys just so that people can shiat themselves when they drive up to one and go ZOMG!!! BRALliE!

mrtron: Whistles? On cars?
WOOO WOOO

Deer whistles are ultrasonic. And that would be great if deers could hear ultrasonic...

Cosmic Crab: And I'm sure that deer whistles would work just as well for blind people as they do for deer.

I didn't know deer could whistle.

/Learn something new everyday.
//Must be in Wikipedia.

OH NO!! Less noise pollution!! Everybody panic!!

Ya just can't make everyone happy. I get myself a car that gets 47 mpg (on my meter right now over the last 1700 miles) and puts out rainbows/unicorn farts and people still aren't happy.

Suck it, hatas.

Honest Doc it was a one in a million shot...

SnarfVader:
//Must be in Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_whistle Yep.

fireclown: Ya just can't make everyone happy. I get myself a car that gets 47 mpg (on my meter right now over the last 1700 miles) and puts out rainbows/unicorn farts and people still aren't happy.

As someone who is legally, but not completely, blind this is actually becoming more of a concern. Luckily, I don't do much walking around downtown where I live now, but when I was in college I had to cross streets all the time.
It might seem like a simple enough task, even when you have a little vision left; but when you have learned time and time again not to entirely trust what you're seeing (or not seeing)your sense of hearing comes to be very important.
Should hybrid cars be made to make more noise? No. Should all hybrids be scrapped so all we have are nice, noisy hummers and 75 cadillacs? Absolutely.
And yes, I am getting a kick out of these replies.

mrphil: As someone who is legally, but not completely, blind this is actually becoming more of a concern. Luckily, I don't do much walking around downtown where I live now, but when I was in college I had to cross streets all the time.
It might seem like a simple enough task, even when you have a little vision left; but when you have learned time and time again not to entirely trust what you're seeing (or not seeing)your sense of hearing comes to be very important.
Should hybrid cars be made to make more noise? No. Should all hybrids be scrapped so all we have are nice, noisy hummers and 75 cadillacs? Absolutely.
And yes, I am getting a kick out of these replies.

you suck

/I keed

Next lawsuit will be these same blind people suing Apple over the Iphone/Touch Ipod.