But a frozen turkey is still nearly rock hard. SInce turkey doesn’t properly freeze at the same temperature as water, it was much colder than 32F, thus the water content was very cold and very hard. And travelling at that velocity, it wouldn’t matter much anyway.
And if it has enough mass and velocity to go through a windshield, it doesn’t matter if it’s a fluffy teddy bear. It’s still enough to cause serious injury or death.
I bet the little hooligans are wishing they had donated their ill-gotten turkey to some poor hungry family now.
True, but even if we are to believe that the turkey in question was completely frozen, it’s base material is still subject to disintegration on impact
If, for instance, you took a kitchen knife to a frozen turkey, and a kitchen knife to a cinder block, you would likely see that you were able to cut into the turkey, but not able to cut into the block.
What’s more, the turkey was, presumably, wrapped in plastic, and after being frozen, started to thaw, and thus produced condensation, which acted as a lubricant on the surface of the vehicle, that lubricant was likely a destablizing agent for the turkey, effecting not only the velocity, but the trajectory.
just one mans opinion, of course.
Here in Ohio, we’ve had to install fences on interstate overpasses because the little scampers just can’t resist tossing things down onto the drivers below.
A few years back a kid tossed a bowling ball off an overpass and succeeded in killing the driver. (Steeeeeeeee-RIKE!)
Makes you almost wish there were more GameBoy addicts in the world.
Good points, but I doubt that a just-purchased turkey frozen to about 15F would thaw very much in Long Island in November. I guess it depends on how long it was in the car.
And I’ve tried to insert a knife into frozen meat – may as well have been a wooden block.
How idiotic. Who do they think they are… Chunnel train engineers?
The stores, usually. The CC company will issue a chargeback to the merchant, unless the store can prove that it diligently followed the acceptance procedures as spelled out in the merchant agreement.
I worked retail for a while, and I can’t tell you how annoyed most customers would get when we tried to verify the card they were using was indeed theirs.
“No the card isn’t signed! I don’t want to sign it! Give me hundreds of dollars worth of items on my non-signed, no-photo-ID-to-prove-who-I-am, credit card.
What the fuck do you mean you’re calling a manager? Do you know who I am? Where the hell do you get off? I can’t believe this!”
Not saying the clerk shouldn’t have checked, just that it’s not always that simple, especially if you’ve got a line.
This story gave me a bit of a shiver because a couple of months ago I was on the freeway and something came flying at me from the traffic lanes going in the other direction and completely knocked off my left driver side mirror. I don’t know what it was but a foot or two to the right and who knows what could have happened.
Indeed, there are unknown variables, but I still contend that if this were a bowling ball, that woman would have probably been dead.
On that note: pundit lisa Tell me where to send the cleaning bill for my monitor and keyboard. Thank you (Steeeeee-RIKE!) HA.
First degree assault?
That sounds kind of weak, no?
According to D_Odd’s article, the turkey was fresh, not frozen.
“The two youths were identified by their first names only, Beavis and Butt-head, to protect their identities. The credit card was stolen from a Mr. Tom Anderson”
Any more news on how the victim is doing? neuroman’s link says she has’t regained consciousness.
So they were just testing the old “Thaw the chickens” joke?
Holy Crap! I hope they get time. We need to sic Jack McCoy on the little buggers.
I don’t see the big deal. So one driver flipped the bird at another. No reason to arrest anyone.
Dear god I’m sorry. The voices made me do it.
This being the pit, I can say :wally to you but only because people are looking at me for laughing at nothing.