# Frederick Poust III, of Schwenksville, Pennsylvania **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619 "2010-02-19T13:26:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/1 "2010-02-19T13:26:47Z")
(It seems to be my day for pitting people in the day’s newspapers. Maybe I need to adjust my medications.) So in 1999 Fred was driving a school bus while talking on his phone. He ran a red light and killed a 2-year-old. On Wednesday he was driving a school bus while talking on his phone. He turned in front of a car killing the passenger and injuring the driver. What is that line? "The rage burns with the heat of a million suns… " ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/2 "2010-02-19T14:18:44Z")
How on earth did he get a chance to drive another school bus in the first place?? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/3 "2010-02-19T14:33:39Z")
(Remarkably, “Schwenksville” is worth only 78 points in Scrabble.) ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/4 "2010-02-19T14:49:13Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > So in 1999 Fred was driving a school bus while talking on his phone. He ran a red light and killed a 2-year-old. A small correction: he was driving an [SUV](http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/the_intelligencer/the_intelligencer_news_details/article/27/2010/february/19/second-fatal-crash-for-bus-driver.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IntelligencerNews+(Intelligencer+News)) in 1999. But I agree that some people just seem to be dangerous drivers, and don’t learn from their experience. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/5 "2010-02-19T15:24:32Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > On Wednesday he was driving a school bus while talking on his phone. He turned in front of a car killing the passenger and injuring the driver. None of the articles I can find mention that he was using the phone during the crash on Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/6 "2010-02-19T15:31:38Z")
You may be right. Further if I was wrong in saying he was driving a school bus in both accidents, I apologize. It was a very short press agency story. Just enough to fire up my recreation outrage. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/7 "2010-02-19T17:00:31Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > (Remarkably, “Schwenksville” is worth only 78 points in Scrabble.) Continuing the aside, “Schwenksville” is worth 0 points in Scrabble, since proper nouns aren’t legitimate plays. (Well, I suppose it’s worth 78 points if your opponent doesn’t try to challenge it.) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/8 "2010-02-19T17:20:42Z")
Further since it has 13 letters, and player hold only seven tiles at a time, we would have to presume playing off a six letter word contained in “Schwenksville” (such as “wenksville” or “schwen”). But since Schwen is a family name, and since Wenksville is located elsewhere in Pennsylvania, all of this is fantasy. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/9 "2010-02-19T17:22:09Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > A small correction: he was driving an [SUV](http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/the_intelligencer/the_intelligencer_news_details/article/27/2010/february/19/second-fatal-crash-for-bus-driver.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IntelligencerNews+(Intelligencer+News)) in 1999. _Poust in his Ford truck drove about… fa la la…_ _Poust in his Ford truck drove about…_ _He drove about…_ ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/10 "2010-02-19T17:29:18Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > Further since it has 13 letters, and player hold only seven tiles at a time, we would have to presume playing off a six letter word contained in “Schwenksville” (such as “wenksville” or “schwen”). But since Schwen is a family name, and since Wenksville is located elsewhere in Pennsylvania, all of this is fantasy. Not necessarily. If the board has S\_H\_E\_K\_V\_L\_E (made from words going perpendicular) and you’re holding CWNSILQ, you could play it. Woudn’t even get the bonus for using all the tiles, and you’d still be stuck with the Q. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/11 "2010-02-19T18:13:56Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > _Poust in his Ford truck drove about… fa la la…_ > > _Poust in his Ford truck drove about…_ > > _He drove about…_ There should be some kind of brutal retribution for inflicting an earworm like this on innocent bystanders, especially involving a pun. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/12 "2010-02-19T19:10:47Z")
I fully expect to be hauled to the Hague one day. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/13 "2010-02-19T21:58:54Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I fully expect to be hauled to the Hague one day. Doo dah, doo Dah. I expect to get hauled to the Hagaue one day, oh dah doo day day. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/14 "2010-02-19T22:44:27Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > _Poust in his Ford truck drove about… fa la la…_ I only opened this thread because I misread the name as Proust. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-poust-iii-of-schwenksville-pennsylvania/529619/15 "2010-02-20T21:36:13Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > I only opened this thread because I misread the name as Proust. Both children he killed were named Madeline, so it’s a nostalgia trip every time he crunches another.