I need to vent

Ryan Patrick O'Hara

Ryan Patrick O'Hara

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Hey, I don't usually write topics which are personal but I just need to vent....

I went to a friends house tonight and had a couple beers, just to make sure I wasn't driving over the limit I sat around for two hours after my 4th beer. I felt 100% sober and was just waiting to be very safe.

On my way home I took some back roads. I live in a very secluded area with lots of woods. It is 3:00 am.

I see what looks like the outline of several people on the edge of the woods, 5 yards from the side of the road, as I look they barrage me with items, striking my car. I have no time to react and drive through the ambush. My windshield is now covered in some odd looking ooze. I flip the car around in a batman style uturn and burn out after them (I drive a 200hp Impala, the kind cops have (it's not super bad ass but it can move))

By the time I get there the little bastards are gone. I drive home and prepare for the worse. After a cautious finger swipe and smell test I discover my car is covered in ketchup. Not only that, but the bottles of ketchup left dents in the front side of my car. I am so angry.

I am not going to call the police because I know there is no way in hell they can do anything about it. Those kids are long gone.

Anyway I washed off my car with some water and tried to wipe everything away. It's very dark outside but I think I wiped it all away.

I am not too angry at those kids because I'm sure that was karma from everything I did as a kid. I don't think they meant to dent or damage my car otherwise wouldn't they have thrown rocks? Bricks? Something besides ketchup? Nonetheless, they dented my car and I wish I would have stopped right away and caught one of the buggers. I am sure they are all laughing their little asses off and will talk about this for the next day and a half.

Now I have to see how much the body shop is going to charge for a dent the size of my open hand.

Moral of the story is: What the hell are kids doing outside in the woods at 3:00am on a rural road waiting for a car to throw ketchup at on a Tuesday night? At least when I was young I had a life, and did my pranks on the weekend!

Is ohio really that boring?
 
Ohio really IS that boring. I only really lived in cincy though.

Anyway, that really sucks about the dents. That's also totally dangerous as they could have obscured your view on the side roads and you could have crashed. I think I'd be a lot more pissed off than you'd be.

I'd still call and report it in case the buggers do it again and get caught.
 
Yeah, that does suck, call it in.

Does insurence cover stuff like that?


Or you could go all vigulante and drive the same road tommmorow night. I'd recomend taking a DVX, but I'm not sure you'd want your actions on tape...


- Mikko
 
Matty q thanks for the response, you actually made me laugh but not on purpose.

I read your signature about the Heinz commercial... the irony is hilarious. You think I could spin this story into a pro-heinz campaign? Perhaps "Heinz, preferred by 4 out of 5 vandals"

And Mikko, I'll probably notify the police in the morning. My insurance will most likely not cover this. Besides I am 21 years old and a guy.... so my rates are high enough as it is. Some members of my family (fortunately) run a local car dealership, so I'll have the dent removed for cost of labor... too bad I can't get it done for free :(

Thanks guys, I'm going to bed.
 
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haha oh man. I was totally thinking this was just some kids filming a really shitty heinz commercial idea but the deadline was already up. Maybe they bought a lot of it to make commercial and have a lot left over and this is how they got rid of it.
 
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Heinz Proof! HA! :) LOL Now THAT'S Funny!


Stupid punk kids. Whatever happened to just good ole crank calling or doorbell ditching? They're lucky you didn't swerve off the road and hurt someone.
 
Man, that really sucks.

Is there summer vacation right now? Maybe thats why the kids are out during week.

One other thing. What is the alcohol limit over there? Alcohol phases(?) out very slowly. The alcohol level decreases 10 millilitres per hour. I dont know the size of your beers, but your alcohol level could have been between, lets say, 70 and 150 millilitres. In germany the limit is 50 millilitres. That means at least 2 hours. Feeling sober doesnt mean that you are sober. Just some general advice :)

And 200hp sounds good =)
 
Totally sucks. I'd report it to the cops, though if they ever do get caught mommy and daddy will scream bloody murder and defend their innocent little sh!&s.

I see kids being punks around here all the time because mommy and daddy are worthless and think their gene pool is above morals and decency. I only hope those parents one day get to be victimized by their own crappy kids and I hope they hear me laughing.:kali:


DDP
 
Considering the amount of ketchup commercials around, I d say that you have found a new use for ketchup that is untapped and needs to be commercialized. I say legalize ketchup bottle tossing and the number of ketchup ambushes will drop drastically. It's not fun if it's legal...
My two cents...

JD
 
=Prodigy= said:
Moral of the story is: What the hell are kids doing outside in the woods at 3:00am on a rural road waiting for a car to throw ketchup at on a Tuesday night? At least when I was young I had a life, and did my pranks on the weekend!
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Oh God, that was an hilarious observation. Let's just say I have some real bad karma headed my way one of these days. We used to raise all kinds of hell when I was a kid. There's something about being a young man age 11-14. You just want to destroy everything! Why????? I'll blame peer pressure. (and hormones) BTW, I remember sneaking out in the middle of the night, probably what these douchebags did last night.

But I look back on all the things we did....I feel like I was "the kids" in your episode. Fortunately, most people grow out of it. In my case, I discovered skateboarding, which re-directed my wasted energy.

I hope your car didn't get trashed too bad.
 
I grew out of the "punk kid" days a couple years ago.

Looking back, I have no idea why I did some of the stuff I did.

Actually, I know why I did some of the stuff. I used to toilet paper one of my teachers' houses every weekend for taking my iPod. This was about 3 years ago.

edit -- Sorry about your car. You should carry a gun with blanks in it for the next time that happens. When I was about 8, my friends and I used to get a kick out of lining rows of acorns across the street right after this sharp turn. We did it every few days until some guy got out of their car and chased us into the woods...
 
You guys are so kind and forgiving.

I'd be setting aside time to patrol those woods and hunt them down like animals.
 
Thanks for everyone's response! I'm feeling better about my car today. I just got back from the car wash and I have a date set for this Friday to remove the dent. I informed the police about what happened just because I thought they should know.

And to Zak, your picture of "Hienz proof" was freakin great!

to Terry, I went back to the scene of the crime this morning. I found many filled ziplock bags which seemed to be additional ammunition which missed my car: One was bbq sauce, the other was mustard, and the third missed item was mayo... so there were multiple condiments but only the ketchup throwers seemed to hit my car (about 2-3 hits)

How ridiculous.
 
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