 gothmo
Female, 18-29, Western US
 1328 Posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010 9:42:22 PM
that is not gonna be good for those tires >> |
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 idiotfilter
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
3934 Posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010 6:43:21 PM
holy damn! someone explain!! |
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 Thechris477
Male, 18-29, Europe
11 Posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010 6:23:21 PM
Yes its real I live in the uk, And its been on the news and everything
And Semi- Truck : Lorry In uk
Highway : Motorway in uk aswell
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 Angilion
Male, 40-49, Europe
9554 Posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010 5:57:29 PM
guess Lorry=semi-truck
A lorry is any large heavy-duty commercial road vehicle. Basically, anything that isn't a bus/coach and is bigger than a van.
You might also hear people from the UK calling something an 'artic'. It's short for 'articulated lorry', i.e. a lorry that bends around a joint rather than being wholly rigid. I think that's what you'd call a semi-truck. Seperate cab and trailer sections, right?
I've no idea why you call them trucks and we call them lorries. So I'll look it up.
Hmm...etymology of 'lorry' is uncertain. Possibly from 'lurry', a word that fell out of use long ago and means 'to pull'. 'Truck' goes way back to an ancient Greek work meaning 'wheel' and is an older term for a vehicle in the UK. 'Truck' was replaced by 'lorry' after the American revolution, which explains why 'lorry' isn't used there. |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010 1:57:59 PM
is that real? |
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 Okamiman
Male, 30-39, Asia
73 Posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010 12:39:40 PM
????? whatha...huh? |
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 RyanHake
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2698 Posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010 8:55:28 AM
Wth...does he just not see?! |
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 SumRandom1
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
795 Posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010 8:15:58 AM
the passengers of the little car, were praying a lot, and needed new underwear |
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 jtrebowski
Male, 40-49, Southern US
3057 Posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010 6:22:51 AM
A similar thing happened to us....just not 60 mph! |
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 TR-Wolf
Male, 18-29, Europe
1565 Posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010 1:49:40 AM
Lorry on the motorway, not semi on the highway! Tsk tsk tsk! ;)
The truck shouldnt be blamed though, quite a high blind spot, and the little car probably cut in too close. |
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 Tisjokar
Male, 18-29, Australia
991 Posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010 12:27:17 AM
Just your run of the day, car being pushed by semi truck on a hi way |
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 Handsompod
Male, 30-39, Europe
1105 Posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010 12:03:07 AM
Red lorry yellow lorry, red lorry yellow lorry, repeat fast. |
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 goaliejerry
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
4004 Posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:14:16 PM
heh, lorry |
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 Angelmassb
Male, 18-29, S. America
15474 Posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:46:31 PM
Cmon guys, everybody can have a bad day |
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 chunkymonkie
Male, 13-17, Canada
675 Posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:39:38 PM
yeah sourkrater, people in the uk call a truck a lorry. btw all ghillied up is my favourite mission |
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 sourkrauter
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
899 Posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 7:44:33 PM
wow. i've never heard it called a Lorry. well, maybe once, on COD4 Modern Warfare, "dont fire on the 2 by the lorry" i totally thought the dude was talkin about the pond they were throwin bodies into. guess Lorry=semi-truck |
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 SilverThread
Male, 30-39, Western US
3360 Posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 7:15:15 PM
He never hit the brakes and he was shifting gears... |
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 Decor
Male, 18-29, Europe
72 Posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:52:35 PM
@LameName that would be because it happened in England where we use 999, only needs one button three times, even simple people like you can manage that |
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 icfire504
Male, 13-17, Midwest US
337 Posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:52:21 PM
I wonder how many pounds of shat those people in the car shat in their pants during that. |
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 henryhendrix
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
724 Posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:01:04 PM
I wanna know how that got there without the semi-truck driver knowing.. |
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 Witchunter
Male, 18-29, Europe
18 Posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:28:03 PM
@Angilion
Thank you for an explanation from a physics point of view. |
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Witchunter
Male, 18-29, Europe
18 Posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:26:12 PM
News article
For those of you who are too lazy to do a bit of research before "shopped" trolling... |
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 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:16:26 PM
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 LameName
Female, 18-29, Western US
238 Posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:15:06 PM
why didn't they call 911 instead of filming like a bunch of prats? |
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dude1234
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
68 Posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 4:53:24 PM
It is raining, so I can see why there is very little/no tire smoke, but considering the truck's a cabover, I find it very hard to believe the driver didn't notice the car at all, or the extra drag from it. |
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