What is the worst thing to see when your car breaks down on a lonely highway?

[KitchenWitch]

[Pierre.Suave]

1. I think that

an AX MURDERER (with an ax) would be a bit worse.

[KitchenWitch]

2. True, but consider that it was 100 degrees Fahrenheit in that picture.

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. I was going to say a madman with a chainsaw...

but that would work too

[KamaAina]

7. I was going to say Cheney with a hunting rifle in one hand

and a beer in the other :evilgrin:

[Reverend_Smitty]

8. you're right that is positively frightening!

[Pierre.Suave]

10. It was a toss-up

either one was good, I chose ax murderer, tomorrow, it may have been a psycho with a chainsaw...

[Jamastiene]

49. Bingo!

We have a winner. That's what I was gonna say. :hi:

[philosophie_en_rose]

3. Hungry bear.

:grr:

[Kali]

5. man, I would love to FIND a lonely highway.

They seem to all be pretty danged busy around here, even with gas going back up.

[Jamastiene]

48. Highway 9 between Rockingham and Myrtle Beach at 4 am.

That's about as lonely a highway as you are going to find. Good luck staying awake if you ever do decide to travel on that road. *YAWN* It has to be the most boring, redundant stretch of highway for miles on end around these parts and that's saying something in farm country.

[S n o w b a l l]

6. The Hills Have Eyes...

:scared:

[Jack Sprat]

9. What if you couldn't see a thing?

No cars at all, no signs of humans anywhere. No houses. No lights in the distance. Like the edge of a remote reservation in the Dakotas. A two lane blacktop that seems to lead to nowhere. Even the gas station that you spotted several miles back was a Lions station which looked as if it had been closed since 1964.

[KitchenWitch]

11. That sounds very much like this place (where the sign is located).

It is some 50 miles west of Grand Junction Colorado.

[doc03]

12. How about that kid from Deliverance with the

banjo? What is that supposed to be on the road sign with the 128 on it? A beehive?

[KitchenWitch]

13. I believe it is a beehive!

I think that is a state symbol in Utah.

[doc03]

24. I hope those aren't killer bees!

[Shell Beau]

14. No signs!! I had a blow out last year on the interstate and hadn't been

paying a damn bit of attention as to where I was. When I called my husband to tell him about the blow-out and about me being stranded, I couldn't tell him where I was! Now I pay extra attention to those damn signs. Turns out I was south of West. Yes, there is a town called West!

[KitchenWitch]

16. When we drove out for the move - we passed by a town called Zzyzx

Not kidding in the least.

[Shell Beau]

19. Is that in California by any chance? It seems my uncle told me of a town

called that!

[KitchenWitch]

21. Yes it is in eastern California, near the Nevada border.

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. Zzyzx isn't actually a town

but a resort.

http://digital-desert.com/zzyzx/







I used to know a guy who put on monster truck races and the like; his business was called ZZYZX Motorsports. I once asked him why the name and he said, "First in motorsports, last in the phone book."

[KitchenWitch]

36. LOL

You are right, Zzyzx is unincorporated.

[hyphenate]

32. Ah, yes!

Zzyzx! I know it well. Route 15, from SoCal to Vegas. Most widely travelled road in the country! I used to be able to name all the exits from getting on 15 in San Berdoo to the first Vegas stop. Even--especially all the ones that had restaurants.

OT: In SoCal, there is a fast burger chain called "In 'n Out Burger" that's been around for centuries--er, years. My bro and family had moved to Vegas around 1993, and he was saddened by the fact that there were no In 'n Outs in Vegas. When my mom and I used to meet Chris at the "halfway" point in Baker, we would stop at the exit just short of Barstow and pick him up some burgers. He usually ate one when we met him, and saved the rest for when he got home. Now, thankfully for him, Vegas now has its share of In 'n Outs.

[KitchenWitch]

34. Ah yes, I am VERY familiar with In N Out!

:9

[ForrestGump]

47. The Mad Greek in Baker, CA,

has excellent strawberry shakes and zucchini sticks. Their other food's good, too. :D

Not inexpensive, but yummy.

[Left Is Write]

15. I would have said Rutger Hauer, but the Cisco sign works too.

[KitchenWitch]

17. Rutger Hauer

:scared:

[Maddy McCall]

18. I'm taking Exit 69

(I-59, Exit 69, south Mississippi. A real photo.)

[KitchenWitch]

20. Oy Vey!

I'll have what she's having!

:rofl:

[lutefisk]

22. "Howdy, need a ride?My DWI is way old...I can drive fine. Get in."

[Bullwinkle925]

23. This, maybe?

:shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

25. Oh fuck.

[SPKrazy]

26. either elrond hubbard or old gregg

i think they are one and the same anyhow

:rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

27. NO!

:rofl:

[SPKrazy]

28. unless your name is

kagehime

then old gregg will take mercy on you...

:rofl:

old gregg scares me kitchy witchy

:scared:

[KitchenWitch]

29. I can handle old gregg!

:rofl:

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

30. uh oh...

:rofl:



:hug:

[havocmom]

31. My ex-husband

Mr. Fix-it, he ain't.

[KitchenWitch]

35. I am afraid I am the mechanical one of our blessed union as well.

:rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. I'd still head for Cisco...

...hoping to find some kind soul who would let me use their phone, or somesuch.

[KitchenWitch]

41. I thank the stars for cellphones and AAA

AAA told me that I would probably get towed into Green River. Tow truck driver came, asked me where I wanted to get towed, so I asked him if it would be better to be towed to Green River, or back to Grand Junction. It just so happened the tow truck driver was friends with a mechanic in Grand Junction, who is probably one of the most ethical and honest mechanics around. He really could have gouged me, replacing parts that did not need replaced. He replaced two hoses (around $200 for both parts and labor) and sent me on my merry way.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

44. I'm glad you could get cellphone service there!

And I'm glad you found a good mechanic. AAA is well worth the cost...

[chknltl]

38. Borat, in THAT damned bathing suit!!!

No! This post would NOT be better with a picture.

[KitchenWitch]

39. Yes, please do NOT post that picture!

[Wapsie B]

40. Hmmmm......let's see...............

[KitchenWitch]

42. EEEK

[Wapsie B]

43. ........

:rofl:

Well that's the worst thing I could think of. But having car trouble at all, let alone be in the middle of nowhere would be shitty by itself.

[Twillig]

45. Bullet holes in that sign.

That would make it worse.

I guess 'No Services' in British english would mean 'Sweet FA.'





I had a breakdown (tire related) in East-Jebus Wyoming once. Best place to break down, ever. (Thank you good folks of East-Jebus)

[Ellen Forradalom]

46. Steve Buscemi

No good will follow when you see him.

[colinmom71]

50. Speeding car full of fully robed KKK members...

Luckily, we weren't broken down on the road when that happened to us. But it was still one of the scariest moments of my life when my mom, my brother and I were travelling through rural south Georgia to Savannah at night and were flashed from behind for Mom to pull onto the right hand lane so they could pass. It was a station wagon filled with like 8 or 9 fully robed KKK members, with the interior lights on so as to advertise their presence. They even slowed down as they passed us - probably checking for our race - not caring that we could look right back at them.

We're white, and in a white car no less, so I guess we passed muster and they sped on past us. But man, that was scary! Oh, and this took place in 1988 or 1989 (late in my high school years). I've lived in Georgia all my life and that was the only time I'd ever encountered anything like that...