Ukraine man crashes car as 50 pagers ring at once

January 14, 1999

KIEV, Ukraine (Reuters) -- A Ukraine businessman who bought a pager for
each member of his staff as a New Year gift was so alarmed when all 50 of
them went off at the same time that he drove his car into a lamp post, a
newspaper said on Thursday.

The unnamed businessman was returning from the pager shop when the accident
happened, the Fakty daily reported.

"With no more than 100 meters to go to the office, the 50 pagers on the
back seat suddenly burst out screeching. The businessman's fright was such
that he simply let go of the steering wheel and the the car ploughed into a
lamp post."

After he had assessed the damage to the car, the businessman turned his
attention to the message on the 50 pagers. It read: "Congratulations on a
successful purchase!

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A true story....

There was an elderly lady who lived out of town.
Once every year she would go visit her daughter
in Salem. Now, her doctor was in Salem, and every
year when she visited her daughter she would have
her annual appontment with her doctor. It was around
October when she came to visit. She schedualed her
apointment, and the morning of, she took a shower
and got ready to go. She yelled out the bathroom door
"Honey, can I use some of your FDS spray before we go?"
"sure mom" the daughter answers. The daughter took her
mom to the doctor and waited in the car until the
appoitment was over. About an hour later her mom walks
out with a horrified look on her face. She sits in the
car and doesn't say a word. The daughter at this point
was very upset and confused about her mothers silence
and asks what was wrong. The mother, in a shy voice says
" well, when I was on the table, the doctor was ready to
begin, and he looked up at me and said I looked very
'spiffy' today. I don't understand what he ment."The
daughter was very upset hearing this, knowing that it is
very unprofessional. She told her mother she would call
the doctor in the morning to find out why he said that.
When they got home the daughter was cleaning the bathroom
and noticed something odd. Her FDS spray was tuked back
into the cupboard, and their was a can of Halloween hair
glitter on the counter. She called out  " mom, did you find
the FDS spray this morning?" "yes honey, it was sitting on
the counter next to the sink. I put it back when I used it."
Then she laughed uncontrollably knowing her mother didn't
have her glasses on when she got out of the shower, and used
the wrong can! Needless to say, She made herself very 'spiffy'
for the doctor and didn't realize it.

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