T is for Tires! Twists & Turns! TRAGEDY!

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Goodrich Silvertown Tires, 1934   (Popular Science)




I know I shouldn't be laughing, but... that graphic novel took A SUDDEN TURN and the downward arrow is just the finishing touch.

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[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

That is classic. A giant arrow pointing to what's left of Ted and the gang. It made me laugh too, and I was having a rotten day, so thanks for that.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

The giant crowd of on-lookers too, that got me. XD

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

You gotta do something while waiting for someone to invent TV.

Then again, I still sometimes see crowds of people at accident scenes. I'm like, geez, people, get a life! You're really helping the situation by standing there gawking!

[mellzie-1963.livejournal.com]

Ted, his wife, his son, his daughter, and...is that a spinster aunt in the back seat?

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Probably. She almost married once, but he was too old for her anyway and she would have sucked out whatever life he had let in him. She decided to pursue a writing career, but her editor just wanted to get into her pants.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

I see what you did there. :D

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

i'm thinking either his mother or MIL. widow, you know. that's why she's dressed all in black.

[siberian-cat.livejournal.com]

She had a premonition of her own death and dressed appropriately.

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

what are three things that start with the letter B, children? black, blood, and bones sticking out of the body!

[mellzie-1963.livejournal.com]

I wondered, but she looked too young--Ted and the Mrs. looked older that she did.

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

mm...but i'm used to my own family. you know? i dont look near 50, and my mother certainly doesnt look near 70! :D

we got the good genes.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Just a touch of fear mongering there. Just a touch. Look at the sparks coming off the rim in pic #2. What were those wheels made of? Phosphorus? I've watched my share of NASCAR and I have never seen sparkage like that! Cool!

Also, I am so glad that they numbered those pictures. I thought a bunch of folks were looking down a cliff where the giant floating arrow told them to look when Ted and his cheap-ass tires plowed into them. Then they all drove home and had a good laugh!

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

you know, i've had a blowout at 55 MPH.

my brakes worked fine. *massive eyeroll* (there was construction debris on the road. so that year i got 4 new tires for mother's day. heh.)

[zorinlynx.livejournal.com]

Front tire while turning on a mountain road. These accidents have happened!

Thankfully modern tires don't blister; we've come a long way since the 1930s!

[teamrodent.livejournal.com]

That'll teach you to drive while there's a war overseas/ Great Depression!