Geoff Goodfellow <geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us> (04/17/91)
From: dmturne@ptsfa.pacbell.com (Dave Turner)
Subject: Noted from Herb Caen
Keywords: funny, true
Excerpted From Herb Caen's column in the {San Francisco Chronicle},
Monday, April 8, 1991.
TALKSHOW: KQED radio announced a few days ago that due to lack of
funding, it was canceling its "Perspectives" commentaries. Next
morning, Doug Edwards was checking the call-in tape for listener
reaction and came across this from a women on her car phone: "My name
is Julia. Longtime listener. I'm very upset that you're canceling
'Perspectives' and I'm considering canceling my support. Please
reinstate --," followed by the sound of squealing brakes, a crash,
shattering glass, and Julia yelling "Oh s---, you've made me so mad I
just rear-ended the f---er in front of me. Have to go now." Click.
Poor Julia. Funds were restored, and "Perspectives" is back on the
air.
[KQED is a listener supported public radio station.]"Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR/AA" <allbery@ncoast.org> (04/23/91)
As quoted from <telecom11.297.15@eecs.nwu.edu> by Geoff Goodfellow <geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us>: > reaction and came across this from a women on her car phone: "My name > is Julia. Longtime listener. I'm very upset that you're canceling > 'Perspectives' and I'm considering canceling my support. Please > reinstate --," followed by the sound of squealing brakes, a crash, > shattering glass, and Julia yelling "Oh s---, you've made me so mad I > just rear-ended the f---er in front of me. Have to go now." Click. Not so funny. I've lost track of the number of times that idiots who were too busy yakking on their cellphones to check for someone in the next lane over have forced me off the road. Me: Brandon S. Allbery Ham: KB8JRR/AA on 10m,2m,220,440,1.2 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG (restricted HF at present) Delphi: ALLBERY AMPR: kb8jrr.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery KB8JRR @ WA8BXN.OH