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Please Move The Deer Crossing (Mega Facepalm) (Original Post)
progressoid
Oct 2012
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antigone382
(3,682 posts)1. My mother used to work for a radio show...
call-ins like this are staged for entertainment value. My brothers and I were even featured in a few of them as kids...we got a real kick out of "pretending" to be loud brats. I'd about guarantee it's not real.
derby378
(30,252 posts)2. Considering some of the 911 calls received in the Dallas area...
...I'd give the odds of the Deer Crossing call about 50-50.
progressoid
(49,992 posts)3. Sometimes that erection just won't go away...
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)5. That's "hard" to believe.
progressoid
(49,992 posts)6. I'm impressed the poise of the reporter.
These are the stories that usually make them crack up.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)7. It must have been "hard" not to laugh.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)4. Holy fucking shit. She sounded completely serious about it. Reminds me "The Out of Towners".
Steve Martin & Goldie Hawn version.
John Cleese is the hotel manager and some young kid is the bell hop:
Manager: "So you saw the do not disturb sign on the door and knocked to see if it was supposed to be there."
Bell Hop: "Yes."
Manager: "I'll explain the rest of your life to you later."