When I was on my way to my son's house yesterday, I hit a car while I was getting in the turn lane. She was sticking out, but I misjudged my distance. It was very minor, but the woman was livid. I got out of the car, she was yelling at me, and I remained very, very calm. Then...inside my head...I started laughing. She was yelling at a 50 year-old-woman dressed as a mouse with nose, wiskers, ears, gray suit...fortunately I was not wearing my glasses. I was one of the three blind mice! She was not amused. I even told the policeman that I apparently misjudged my distance...or maybe it's because I'm blind. My name tag said, "Mice." I'm glad I didn't have on the "Blind" costume! (Three of us dressed as the blind mice for school that day.) I even had a big band aid on my rear...you know, tail was cut off my the farmer's wife. I told the cop, "She is really mad at me. I think she's the farmer's wife!" He was cracking up. I added that if she killed me, she was be convicted of "mouse slaughter." You know, it was a bad situation and it was an accident. I was also thinking about a friend at school who has cancer and has been told she has at least a year to live...and about my one oif my bestfriend's mom (age 99) who passed away Thursday night. Yep...life can be crappy sometimes, but we're lucky we have it...every moment. Even the times that you're standing on the side of a busy street dressed as a mouse. Have a super day--Marilou

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LOL....that's funny!

I rear-ended a woman a few weeks ago. We were at a stop light, the light turned green, I went, she did not. Very low impact obviously since we it was from a stop and we were only about 5 feet apart. Women got out of her car and went maniac on me. First thing I said was "I'm sorry" - I mean it was my fault...."Sorry,?? you ought to be sorry"....."I can't believe you didn't ask me if I was alright".....never dawned on me, I barely touched her. She claimed she hit the windshield and had neck pain (already?). I had to call the cops because I wasn't sure what was going to happen - not to mention that she did not have either her drivers license or her vehicle's registration.....she is now claiming injuries and my insurance company is investigating the claims as there is NO damage to my car (a sedan) and about $500 to her piece of crap vehicle. (just enough to get me surcharged for 6 years, UGH)

Gosh, I sure wish I was dressed as a mouse - I could have used a laugh! And this woman is definitely trying to make something of this little life experience - at my expense!! I hope the insurance agency gets her on fraud!!

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mdrpooh,

I'm so glad you could look at the situation with humor - that WAS funny, and you had the ability to step back and appreciate it! I'm going to look for a little more humor in my life now...

CJ, You watch what develops in your case - I did a similar thing - I actually tapped the person in front of me (we were in a traffic jam, and I was a loser who felt it was a good moment to put on my lipstick in the rearview mirror). Well - the person in front of me got out, and looked confused. She said, "Did you just hit me?" I mean - we were REALLY going that slow - it was such a tap, she truly couldn't be sure! I said "I think I did - I'm sorry!"

Thousands of dollars in back and neck injury claims later...they took my insurance for all they were worth! It was disgusting! I was never even questioned - nobody wanted to know what REALLY happened - they just kept forking over money for this lady's "pain and suffering"...

How could she have suffered so much if she had to actually ask me if I had truly hit her car?? (BTW - the damage to her car was not apparent)... My point? I'll bet this is only the beginning, CJ! You're more than likely to find out that the driver you hit will milk this for all it's worth...

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A dear friend was in a wreck last weekend. The sun was in his eyes and he pulled out in front of someone. He got out asking them if they were ok and was anyone hurt. The woman who was driving got out and threatened to smack him! She and the others that were in her car was yelling and cussing him . when the cops got there, they all the sudden had back pain. Good lord. what a mess. All of them hauled to the e.r. Just someone looking to suck someones insurance.

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mdrpooh---- I like your attitude! Sometimes it's best to step back, evaluate the situation, and maybe laugh! We should all try to be more like you.

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I'm glad everyone sees the comedy in this situation.

However, from a person who suffers constantly from a ruptured disk in my neck (even though I've had surgery to repair it, it re-ruptured), and arthritis and fibromyalgia, I can tell you a rear-end 'tap' as some of you have called it, can cause severe pain for people with chronic pain. Perhaps some of you should focus more on driving and paying attention than to putting on your lipstick or admiring how 'cute' you look in your costume.

I don't say this to be mean. I say it because I know from experience how painful just a minor collision is.

I know there are people out there who do claim 'whiplash' or back pain and they are just trying to 'milk the system.' It's those type of people that make it hard for those who actually do get injured. But please know there are some of us out there who actually do have chronic pain and there's no such thing as a 'minor collision' for us.

OP,

That is such a great attitude. I try to approach life the same way. We never know what tomorrow brings so try to be happy for what you have today.

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OP, that would be a funny sight to see. A grown woman in a mouse costume being reamed out along the road. Funny!

CJ, I'm willing to bet that woman is one of those people who does stuff like that on purpose just to get money out of the insurance company. I would think that hitting the windshield would be pretty easy to prove/disprove-if you hit it there would be some sort of print from your skin hitting the glass, kinda like a fingerprint(faceprint?).

Overall, I think most people just need to CALM DOWN. People get way too worked up over nothing. I see it at work every day. Store ran out of a sale item, throw a royal fit. Can't return something you've had for a year, threaten to sue and throw things as you stomp out the door. I could go on and on.

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I'm so happy that there are people like you in the world who can laugh at themselves while accepting responsibility for their actions. I think that it is terrific that you were able to rise above the situation and see the humor in the moment.

I imagine that the cop has seen many different reactions to fender benders and you probably made his day!

I neglected to mention that the woman that I hit was not wearing her seat belt (mandatory), in addition to not carrying the proper paperwork. Unfortunately, she was not ticketed for any of that (that I'm aware of). I think that's part of why she was making such a fuss...

cj/

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Mom, I was only trying to say that sometimes we need to make the best out of a bad situation. Yes, we should pay attention while we're driving, and I was not looking at myself to see how cute I was...not at that moment...but I was cute! :-) I'm sorry you saw it as someone making light of something that could have hurt someone. Point is...no one was hurt, and I have been through too much sadness in my life to continue to look at the dark side. I count my blessings, and I believe the ability to smile, even when things look bleak, is one of them. I have a sign in my classroom that says, "Choose Your Attitude." I'm lucky we all have to ability to do just that.

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If I had to be in a fender bender I think it would be hysterical to get out to find that the other driver was a big mouse. A big Blind mouse at that.

I would have had to have a picture of us together and everything. Of course I'm a big dork with a waaaay too odd sense of humor.

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You're lucky you aren't in my smaller town. Here, you would have made the front page news! LOL I loved your story and I honestly don't know how you kept it together (or the policeman for that matter! Too funny!)! Glad you didn't have to go to the hospital, can't you just see yourself in an episode of ER?! Dressed like a mouse lying on the gurney?! The bandaid is priceless--glad I'm not the only one with a twisted sense of humor! May have to 'borrow' your costume idea next year if it's ok! Tks. for the laugh. Hope your car insurance takes good care of everything for you also. While the woman you 'hit' didn't see the humor in the situation (I do understand why of course though), can't you just imagine the faces on each person she told the story to!!!

Just wanted to add that I'm totally not making light of getting hit from behind as it has happened to me and I know there can be long term consequences that might not even show up immediately. When I was 19 I was hit square on the bumper so hard by a 15 year old with no license that their car actually bounced back off of my vehicle (I was stopped waiting to turn left in traffic (I saw they were going to hit me and had my foot on the brake hard--probably not the best thing to do but it was on a 4 lane busy highway and I thought I'd be hit and thrown into oncoming traffic), they were going at least 40 and I assume started to brake when they realized they were going to hit me). While there was no damage to my vehicle that I could see (I was in a Ford Ranger), nor damage to her car, I insisted that the police be called (the 15 year old begged me not to call and all bystanders thought I was a 'sad sport' for doing so--of course they were all teenagers lol. Turned out the 15 year old girl driving the car was the police chief's daughter, the officer did NOTHING, didn't site her for driving w/out a license, insurance, etc. Was a rude arse to me, etc. I'm 38 now and have had back issues on and off pretty much ever since. A few years ago I was even unable to get out of the bed without help for 2 months. When it gets bad, it gets bad. So, while I can appreciate the humor in the blind mouse situation above, I didn't mean to downplay the seriousness at all of hitting another vehicle, or person, etc. I totally agree also that if you already have a pre-existing condition, especially something like chronic back pain or an injury to the neck or back, etc., being tapped even lightly could/would more than likely send you back into pure hell again.

While I admire your attitude of trying to make light, an accident that you caused isn't the time nor place.

I was rear-ended about 3 months ago while stopped at a stop light. I was inconvenienced by the act, waiting for law enforcement, doing the report, notifying/working with insurance, and then getting my car repaired.

It made me late for work and my entire day's schedule was off. The positive was that #1, the young man actually pulled over instead of taking off, and apologized genuinely for what he had done. He felt bad for the damage to both vehicles and knew it was his fault. When law enforcement arrived, he was truthful and accepted the responsibility for what he had done.

While she shouldn't have yelled at you, you shouldn't have made light of it in the moment. She was the victim.

dl

Gosh, I hate that so many people are missing the point. Yes, she was the victim, and I am so sorry I scraped her car. I have been rear-ended and had to go to the emergency room in pain, etc...also. Please go back and read my title, "Life is what you make it." I did not dress up in a mouse costume in order to ram into other people's cars. Guess I'm just trying to smile in the middle of the whole "rat race."

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Thanks for the chuckle!

LOL blind mouse with road rage.


used to have a pest control company here, I guess they are not in business anymore I havent seen their cars in a long time. anyway they drove VW bugs but the cars had mouse ears, tails and whiskers welded on. they was pretty cute.

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FUNNY!!!

I love your sense of humor.


The lady must not have been wearing her seat belt if she hit the windshield. Lesson number 1: Always buckle up even if you are just going a block away.

I agree with the other posters who said that it was not the time nor the place to make jokes since you caused the accident. "Life is what you make it"....as I see it you made it a whole lot worse for the other driver.

Rebecca

Well I have been rear ended a couple times and never got out and yelled at the other driver. How immature. If you would've hit me, stayed on the scene and then I noticed your costume I would've gotten a kick out of it. I would much rather be in that situation then at the scene with a jerk or someone who takes off. OP great attitude and I would've loved your sense of humor!!!

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Should I have taken off my costume? I think seeing me as a mouse is a prettier site than my fat body in my tights and bra!

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Aw heck, it sounds like she was slightly inconvenienced. It could have been worse. OP could have been the producer of this disturbing video:


YouTube - Three Blind Mice (the whole story) - scary cartoon

On another tangent, after reading this post:

cougarskies Quote:
Originally Posted by mdrpooh
I did not dress up in a mouse costume in order to ram into other people's cars.

Thanks for the chuckle! "

On that note, who wants to dress up like a pilgrim w/ me on Thanksgiving Day, and just run into cars at stoplights? I have good insurance, a big old Ford Expedition, and think it would be an awesome stress-reliever. We will give all of our "victims" a pumpkin pie for their trouble. PM me if you're interested.

You chose to quote only my first and last paragraphs. Sorry I inconvenienced you by putting additional information in the middle. Yes, I guess the people who get hit should thank the person who hit them!?!?!

dl

Ok, there is your entire post. Just wanted to save a little bit of reading for our fellow MC'ers. So basically, you were inconvenienced. Not the best day ever for you, and not something anyone wants to be surprised with . I get that. But in the big picture, your schedule was thrown off. While you were rear-ended, by a guy that sounds decent, at the end of the day, you could walk, you could talk, Sorry you were late for work. But really, was that your worse day ever?

I didn't realize until now that mc had editors. Yes, I was inconvenienced, as stated, and for valid points. Additionally, the guy that hit me was decent about it and accepted responsibility. That is how it should have been.

To answer your question, no it wasn't my WORST day ever. I didn't say that, nor did I imply that. You still either don't get it or are trying to dance around the point of how mine happened and how the op's happened. I wouldn't have been interested in the guy making light of what he had done. Had the situation been reversed, I wouldn't have made light of an accident I had caused.

dl

Good heavens, people.....mdrpooh was not laughing at the fact that she caused an accident, she was merely laughing at the sight of her in a mouse suit involved in a minor accident and trying to make the most of a bad situation. Get a grip here....very few people TRY to have vehicle accidents, most are sorry when it happens, but accidents do happen and they are one of the risks that you accept when you drive a car.

ETA: Screaming, yelling, being pissed off, lying, etc are not going to make the accident go away or make the situation any better. Apologizing, accepting responsibility, having light conversation and a laugh can.

cj/

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I think it's hilarious. people get bent for so many stupid reasons.. we've all been inconvienced . it's part of life.. my sisters being inconvienced by her husbands brain tumor while trying to raise a 2 year old.. and we all have to find humor in some things that have happend just to get us through it.. flame away

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Pushing this back up since I got rear-ended again today! Again, stopped at a stop light. She was truly upset that it happened and I helped her settle down. It's been just over 3 months since this happened to me, same car, I am thinking the bumper must have magnetic qualities attracting other bumpers.....

Anyhow. This is how it should be. The person who hit me was upset. It all turned out fine, no injuries, and no damage actually.

Now about that bumper.........

dl

Hope you're okay! I think people are just in too much of a hurry and aren't paying attention. People don't stop at stop signs. They roll thru them. I cringe every time someone is close behind me when I come to a complete stop at a stop sign.

Mdrpooh, I simply love your attitude wish more people were like that . While any car accident should never be considered funny, if no one was truly hurt, accident happen everyday. You were lucky there are so many car accidents that happen each and everyday and there are plenty of people who are not so lucky... Peace.. Catherine