# Hoonk hooonk honk hooonk!!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoonk-hooonk-honk-hooonk/725450>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 17, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoonk-hooonk-honk-hooonk/725450 "2015-07-17T20:47:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoonk-hooonk-honk-hooonk/725450/1 "2015-07-17T20:47:45Z")

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There is a truck outside our apartment building which is broken in such a way that it can’t stop honking. It’ll HOONK HOOOONKK HONK HOOOONK HOONKKK for a while, then stop for a few blessed seconds before starting up all over again. It sounds like the Hulk is playing harmonica, and can’t use more than three different notes.

Suggestions?

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**Author:** ![F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoonk-hooonk-honk-hooonk/725450/2 "2015-07-17T20:50:41Z")

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Update: The car won’t start, so it’s not like he can drive it anywhere else. Darn!

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**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoonk-hooonk-honk-hooonk/725450/3 "2015-07-17T23:48:03Z")

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Is it a car alarm? I would think they could just disconnect the battery.

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**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoonk-hooonk-honk-hooonk/725450/4 "2015-07-18T01:25:52Z")

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Pay for a tow, or call the cops? They might send someone to tow it if it’s being a nuisance. About a year ago, someone parked their beater in the garage outside my building at work. It was towed after honking weakly for hours on end.