Our prayers are with the driver??? What the hell? Yes, I'm sure she's having a terrible holiday, what with obviously not looking IN FRONT of her car while driving in a parking lot! I hope she chokes on a fig.

On a related note, most people speed through parking lots. 10mph is SLOW, most people drive at least 15-20mph.

Was the penny tails up? You're suppose to pick up pennies heads up for good luck. Tails up pennies are bad luck.

leonel: Was the penny tails up? You're suppose to pick up pennies heads up for good luck. Tails up pennies are bad luck.

This may explain much. Especially since I picked up most of my tails up pennies as a kid underneath a ladder.

Jim from Saint Paul: RogueViking: Not amused.

/Nothing is obscure on Fark.

Crap show is crap.

This.

That woman is no actor.

polf pilf 2009-12-24 02:20:25 PM

I suspect he didnt spend any change he got from purchases either. About 15 years ago, I spent only dollar bills and rarely used plastic. At the end of the year I had $788.

I always use the "parking lot rule". Hold hands until we get into the store or into the car. Period.

I find drivers are less likely to try to run me down if I'm holding a kid's hand.

numbone: I find drivers are less likely to try to run me down if I'm holding a kid's hand.

Are you kidding, that's a 25 point bonus!

leonel: Was the penny tails up?

No, but he is now.


jdemartino: drjekel_mrhyde: Q: How do you stop a Jew from charging
A: Drop a penny
/now you all know that was coming

I thought that was "take away his credit card."

Regards,

Joe

No, that's a woman.

Toyota?
At the WalMart near me, I usually see at least one Hummer and one Jaguar in the parking lot whenever I'm near there.

I don't know...a penny does go a long way at Walmart.

oldebayer [TotalFark] Quote 2009-12-24 03:08:42 PM
numbone: I find drivers are less likely to try to run me down if I'm holding a kid's hand.

Are you kidding, that's a 25 point bonus!

We play that too but in scoring we only use Democrats and non-military government employees.

oldebayer: numbone: I find drivers are less likely to try to run me down if I'm holding a kid's hand.

Are you kidding, that's a 25 point bonus!



Approves

The Fred Meyer near where I live is full of distracted parents: despite there being a sidewalk on the edge of the parking lot to the store, parents walk right down the center of a busy parking lot letting their kids run free. The when they are in the store, the kids are allowed to use the escalators as their own personal playground.

I'm sorry to say, but I've been expecting a story like this for the last two weeks.

Wtf is with people that Christmas means they need to go 60 in a 30 zone, weave in and out of traffic, zoom around parking lots and generally act like even BIGGER dicks to each other?

The only good things I took away from this are that the boy is alive and seems to be responding, and that the boy's family aren't knee-jerk litigious.

Dragged? Which means she was pulling in, felt something hit the car, and didn't even stop.

'Short distance away' from the Salvation Army kettle either means the woman was pulling up to the curb to let out someone, or it was a handicapped spot.

Farking old people at wal-mart is the worst thing ever. I'm surprised more people are not hit.

Man, who could they possibly find to play his dad in the movie?


/hot

DENZEL! DENZEL!

RogueViking: Not amused.
/Nothing is obscure on Fark.

Love that show.

Jaye: You're my sister...
Sharon: You tell people we're not related.
Jaye: It was just that one time...
Sharon: It was Grandpa's wake.

Eric: So why struggle with fate? Life can be sort of peaceful when you stop struggling.
Jaye: It's a lot like drowning that way.

Jaye: [to bartender] Vodka. Hemlock chaser.

Jaye: I just prefer my family time in short, controlled bursts.

Many years ago I used to moonlight as security dispatcher for a mall in suburban New York. The week before Christmas one year two harried moms took seven or eight kids ranging in age from infant to about six to the mall in an SUV. As they were packing up the kids and purchases to leave the mother of the infant placed him, in his car seat, on the roof of the SUV. Either everybody flat-out forgot about the little guy or each of the women thought the other had buckled him in, because they pulled out of the parking space with the kid still perched on top of the vehicle. Luckily one of our inside guards was taking a smoke break outside and saw them, and we were able to get our patrol jeep to stop the SUV before they hit a speed bump and the poor kid fell off.

It is easy to say the women were stupid, but if you've ever tried to corral a whole bunch of kids into a vehicle (I used to drive a van for a special needs school) you know how easy it can be to lose track of one of them because of the sheer choas they create.

Regards,

Joe

Super sad story.
Hope the kid pulls through.

Way to not pay attention, granny. You saw a spot, rushed over, pulled right in without looking, and ruined a little boy's life.

God damn you. F*ck that forgiveness bullshiat. Rot in hell you laying sack of sh*t old person.

This is why I put a leash on my son when he was 3. I don't care how it looked, it kept that kid out from under many a car tire. Actually, I'm pretty lucky that one survived his early childhood.

Damn - 98 more pennies and I could have gone to the 99 cent store. It was probably just more important for the driver to get into the store and shop than to bother looking where she was going. After all, there are plenty more kids out there.

See a penny, get your brother to pick it up,
You get his Xmas gifts, if you're in luck.

metametameta: This is why I put a leash on my son when he was 3. I don't care how it looked, it kept that kid out from under many a car tire. Actually, I'm pretty lucky that one survived his early childhood.

That was pretty much my viewpoint on it. It may look horrible, but it's a whole lot better than severe injury or death.

/He really hated it too, which was a bonus because it meant he learned to heel faster

My first thought was, any child small enough to be called a "tot" should never be in a parking lot without holding hands with the adult with them.

After reading TFA, Josh broke free from his grandmother, well then I guess Granny did the best she could, but Darwin was fighting pretty hard for that one.

Nice of the family not to blame/sue the driver though. Between actually attempting to keep an eye on their snowflake, and not blaming someone else for their snowflake's stupidity, they seem like good folks. These are the good genes Darwin should be protecting, so I hope Snowflake gets a chance to grow up and learn something from them.

I had a friend who would pick up any pennies he saw on the ground... That is until one day i super glued some to the floor. Feels good man.

/Must be taking the holidays off to concentrate on his other job as a mall Santa.

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numbone 2009-12-24 03:06:06 PM
I always use the "parking lot rule". Hold hands until we get into the store or into the car. Period.

I find drivers are less likely to try to run me down if I'm holding a kid's hand.
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It doesn't work well if it's someone elses kid. Some parents have no commitment to parking lot safety!

"Let it go"

Now I know how many heroes it takes to lift a car onto its side.

Terryg999: For a entire year ( 2002-2003 ) I collected evey bit of change I found in the street, in stores, and the like.

At the end if that year I cashed all the change I had found in for $917.43

/I was pretty aggressive about picking up silver at times

I had some friends who used to do that. It was shocking how much money they found just by keeping their eyes open and grabbing every penny. Usually covered the travel and lodging expenses for their annual vegas trips.

belhade: That's an interesting twist on the glue-a-penny-to-the-floor joke.

When I was in the Army, we would tear the corner from a $5 bill so that all of the "5" was visible. Then we would go into the dayroom and enjoy some hillarity while shooting some pool. The soda and snack machines were all bolted to the floor but you could put your weight into it and get it to leave enough of a space under the front to slip the piece of the bill under it with the $5 sticking out. We watch as somebody notices it and pulls on it only to get the corner. Oh the amount of effort some people will go through to try and retrieve that "$5 bill" that must be just under that machine.

E.S.Q.: polf pilf: Terryg999: For a entire year ( 2002-2003 ) I collected evey bit of change I found in the street, in stores, and the like.

At the end if that year I cashed all the change I had found in for $917.43

/I was pretty aggressive about picking up silver at times

That's like an average of around $2.50 a day. Did your "collecting" include purses left in shopping carts and tip jars on coffee shop counters?

/Did anyone die?
//You don't have to answer that.


I used to build my weekend party fund by taking the bus to San Fran airport, collecting the rental carts at departure gates and returning them for a quarter each; each departing flight was good for at least a buck. With careful scheduling and a little hustle, I could clear $40 an hour.

Sadly, some Egyptians and Saudis ruined that little sideline back in 2001.

/I smell bullshiat work for car rental agency.

leonel: Was the penny tails up? You're suppose to pick up pennies heads up for good luck. Tails up pennies are bad luck.

That is correct; what you can do, however, is flip the penny around so that it is heads up before picking it up. You must, must, however, make certain that the penny does not lose contact with the ground while you are flipping it, then let go of it before actually picking it up, or it counts as picking up the penny tails up, and you're essentially hosed for luck.

Tannhauser Gatekeeper: leonel: Was the penny tails up? You're suppose to pick up pennies heads up for good luck. Tails up pennies are bad luck.

That is correct; what you can do, however, is flip the penny around so that it is heads up before picking it up. You must, must, however, make certain that the penny does not lose contact with the ground while you are flipping it, then let go of it before actually picking it up, or it counts as picking up the penny tails up, and you're essentially hosed for luck.

Man, you have put WAY too much thought into that.

Kid's in critical condition.
Dad's likely to go bankrupt over the medical bills.
Driver's probably going to jail.

HO HO HO!! MURRRRRY CHRISTMAS!

Actually, the correct phrase is: 'See a PIN and pick it up...'.

Pins were very expensive at one time and this how the saying developed.

Add this to 'Having your cake and eating it, too', ANOTHER mistatemented phrase of 'Eating your cake and having it, too'.

It is meant to describe the impossible, as the original does; but say 'Having your cake and eating it, too' is well with-in the rhelm of possibility.

I hope the kid recovers fully. That said, I am surprised a toyota corolla actually hurt him. They are such sad, pathetic excuses for cars that I would expect the thing to just fold up upon hitting the kid.

douchebag/hater: the rhelm of possibility

Brian: Say "Realm."
Stewey: Realm.
Brian: Now say "Realm of possibility."
Stewey: Rhelm of possibility.

trigonman3: I work for the US Mint, and I'm getting a kick out of all the idiots who think pennies come from heaven.

They do. There was a song that proved it.

Maybe that 58 year-old dirty coont shouldn't be allowed to glue pennies to her front bumper.

Yakivegas: Tannhauser Gatekeeper: leonel: Was the penny tails up? You're suppose to pick up pennies heads up for good luck. Tails up pennies are bad luck.

That is correct; what you can do, however, is flip the penny around so that it is heads up before picking it up. You must, must, however, make certain that the penny does not lose contact with the ground while you are flipping it, then let go of it before actually picking it up, or it counts as picking up the penny tails up, and you're essentially hosed for luck.

Man, you have put WAY too much thought into that.

I dunno, I'd consider that as trying to cheat luck itself, which is never a good thing...

/definitely too much thought into that, though.

stiletto_the_wise: Kid's in critical condition.
Dad's likely to go bankrupt over the medical bills.
Driver's probably going to jail.

HO HO HO!! MURRRRRY CHRISTMAS!

Not only that, but if the driver has any shred of conscience, she's got to deal with knowing that she ran over a kid just a few days before Christmas...