Miata Mailing List: June 1998, Message #401

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Ken,

The other day I was tooling down I270 here in St. Louis and had a Cicada
(locust) hit me in the neck.  I was doing 70mph, I guess the Cicada was
doing about 5-10mph, needless to say the Cicada died on impact and I was
momentarily stunned!

Scott and Scrappy
'94 Laguna Blue A pkg.

 


On Wed, 3 Jun 1998 Ken.Walker@frco.com wrote:

> 
> Well, I've had my fair share of weird stuff fly, blow, settle, or otherwise end
> up in my car when its parked with the top down.  Here's a short list:
> 
> -leaves
> -fresh cut grass
> -other peoples trash (#$%*@)
> -some kid's BMX goggles (?)
> -crabapples, berries
> 
> All of these things sort of "come with the territory" and are expected to a
> certain extent, HOWEVER, I drew the line at the idiot who was clipping his
> fingernails at the red light yesterday when they started flinging into my car!!
> I looked up at him sitting in his minivan (of course) and said, "HEY! You wanna
> keep those in YOUR car buddy?"  He gave me the "Uh, sorry" gesture.
> 
> What the hell do people think?
> 
> What's the weirdest thing someone or something other than you has deposited in
> your car?
> 
> kjw &
> ICE-CUBE
> 
>