30 સપ્ટેમ્બર, 2026

"His gray compact S.U.V. accelerated past shelves of pumpkin spice Cheerios and Special K cereal boxes...."

"The vehicle came to rest near a display of Halloween candy after careening beneath a sign over the doorway that reads: 'Thanks for shopping, y’all!'..."

From "A Driver Desperate to Use the Bathroom Plows Into a Kroger in Texas, the Police Say/The driver, James Mansell Lancaster Jr., was upset to find the supermarket in Rosenberg, Texas, closed early Sunday morning, the police said" (NYT).

"Mr. Lancaster stayed at the scene, according to the police.... 'All he said was the doors were locked and he had to use the restroom,' Lieutenant Munoz said.... Kroger does not plan to release security camera footage of the crash..."

I found the footage:

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Gerda Sprinchorn કહ્યું...

Good post.

I'm sensing an increase in whimsical posts lately. If true, I'm liking the trend.

Wilbur કહ્યું...

Are we sure this didn't happen in Florida?

Shouting Thomas કહ્યું...

When my bladder cancer was at its worst, I became incontinent. Wore a diaper when I had to. But, I hated them. I had a number of bushes and hiding places along my regular routes where I could stop in a hurry to take a pee. Even in town. Relying on an indoor bathroom wouldn’t work. There were still some accidents. Fortunately, I’m in remission and back close to normal.

rehajm કહ્યું...

…pilots in flight are constantly visually scanning and hitting NRST looking for emergency landing places. That’s me and bathrooms on car trips with my wife if twenty minutes or more. My skills are pretty good- only once in Idaho did we need the bushes and that’s because my warning that we’re passing the casino went unanswered because she’s zonked out…

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