Distracted Driving on Zeiglar Blvd

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:20):
This is the Uncle Henry Show here on news radio
seventy ten WNTM. Thank you for listening to the Uncle
Henry Show here on this Monday. Now, in this half
hour of show, I'm going to get some voicemail that
has been left for the show in the past week
or so, and maybe I'll have time to get to
a news item or two, but I'm starting off with

(00:44):
some voicemail here. Voicemail number is two five one two
one six, nineteen seventy six. That's two five one two
one six, nineteen seventy six to leave a message for
the Uncle Henry Show and its listeners. Now, this is
a message about the Alabama football game. There was an
Alabama Crimson tied football game this past Saturday where they

(01:06):
played Oklahoma, and unfortunately, the results did not turn out
the way I wanted them to. They didn't. The results
did not turn out the way I wanted them to.
Now here is sixty eight year old Chris of West
Locksley registering these thoughts on the game.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Good time. Well, Uncle, I am not surprised, certainly not
shocked that went about like I was afraid it would go.
Redvnable is a head coach of Oklahoma. For some reason,
he has had Alabama's number from a defensive standpoint ever
since he was defensive coordinator at Clemson. And once again

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it's easy to figure out what lost the ball game though.
Three to nothing Alabama, three turnovers, oklahom home with zero.
There's your ball game right there.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yes, and I'm sorry for pausing you, sixty eight year
old Chris, but yes, that is one of the basics
that we are taught, those of us that love to
watch the football, going back many decades, that's one of
the basics we're taught is the turnover ratio.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
Gotta take care of the ball and things happen. Now,
we'll get do that, play the little warm up game
next week against Eastern Illinois and then hopefully can go
over to Lee County and beat up on Albus. That
ain't gonna be easy to do, by the way, but
we'll talk Boer about that later in the meantime. Roll Tide,

(02:41):
Roll Uncle, Roll.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Tide row, sixty eight year old Chris, thank you for
the roll Tides always. You know you the listener. If
you don't have anything, you want to leave me a
voicemail on but you just want to roll Tide me.
I'd appreciate roll Tide voicemails if that's all you got
for me. Two five one two one six, nineteen seventy
six is the number to leave me a roll time
voicemail two five one two one six, nineteen seventy six

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to leave a message for the Uncle Henry Show. And yes,
sixty eight year old Chris talking about the Auburn game
the Iron Bowl as soon as the game was over.
As soon as Oklahoma defeated Alabama. Unfortunately, I looked on
social media and I already saw people talking about that
Iron Bowl. There are a lot of Alabama fans very

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upset that they're going to have to go to Jordan
Hare Stadium, even though the Auburn record indicates they stank
no offense to the stankiness, but even though their record
indicates they ain't doing very good this year, a lot
of Alabama fans are very, very concerned about heading to
Auburn and playing that game. I just wonder if you're

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one of those fans, though, if you're one of the
Alabama fans that feel some concern, some anxiety about going
to All Auburn and playing that team, Alabama does have
to play Auburn every year. You know, it's it's not
like this is unusual. This is not unusual. Alabama and
Auburn play every year. So we'll just have to put

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on our our big boy fan pants to watch that game.
Is there such thing as big boy fan pants? Maybe
we should have met those and sell them. I get
in the voicemail two five one two six, nineteen seventy
six to leave a message for the unk Clemmery Show.
Let me get another voicemail here. Let me go to

(04:35):
Uh yeah, I believe this one is from the Snake Trapper.

Speaker 3 (04:44):
Hey over, hen the Snake Trapper, hey Man. On my
commute to work this morning, I'm coming down Ziggiler Boulevard
hited East, probably around six oh eight sixteen somewhere amok'st
there over Henry doing about forty five mile in a
car comes flying by me over Henry just about takes

(05:06):
my mirror off. Startled me. It was so close to me. Man,
I don't know what's going on. So I'll get to
the light at Ziggler in University and sure no.

Speaker 1 (05:17):
Now I'm pausing here just to think what is this
going to be? Is there going to be a possum
in the car. Was there a raccoon driving the car?
Was there somebody driving by that had a raccoon attacking them?
Was there a snake involved? I'm just those are the
things I'm wondering, because this is a snake trapper call.

(05:38):
So what animal? Could it be? Somebody with a bird
inside their car? Who knows? By the way, there was
a guy, this guy. This must have been over ten
years ago, but for a couple of years there was
a man that would get tremendous attention on the Eastern Shore,
especially in fair Hope and up and down the four lane.

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He got attention because he would drive around with a
like a parrot on his shoulder. And you could see
it if you were like stopped at a red light
on that fore lane and you'd look over there and
you see the person next to you as a as
a parrot on their shoulder. But anyway, could it be
a parrot on their shoulder? And let's find out what

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snack trapper's calling about?

Speaker 3 (06:24):
They're all startled me. It was so close to me, man,
I don't know what's going on. So I'll get to
the light at Ziggler in University and sure enough, there's
that car setting there, Uncle Henry. Well, I ain't one
to blow my horn at you or give you the finger.

Speaker 1 (06:44):
Right.

Speaker 3 (06:45):
Another thing I'm gonna do, Uncle Henry, I'm gonna give.

Speaker 2 (06:47):
You a little more room.

Speaker 3 (06:49):
So I pull up to the light, and I'm kind
of curious. Why is this What turned out to be
a woman driving this way, Uncle Henry, I ran.

Speaker 1 (06:58):
Now, what do you think we're gonna is going to
be a snake on her head? What is this?

Speaker 3 (07:02):
If there's a snake loos in her car? And by
all means, I can help her out now if there's
a spider in there when she's on her own, because
I ain't fulling with no spider. But anyway, over Henry,
I gazed over there to find out, you know what,
maybe what's going on, Uncle Henry. Nooying she was doing?
She was putting on dad gum makeup, Uncle Henry.

Speaker 1 (07:24):
Wait no, it was not an animal. This was makeup.
This was the old fashion putting on the makeup while
you're driving.

Speaker 3 (07:31):
She was putting on dad gum makeup, Uncle Henry. I
mean that's right. She had that blush brush and her
handboy just to working.

Speaker 2 (07:39):
On that face.

Speaker 3 (07:41):
And I'm thinking my goodness, you know so over, Henry.
I know that distracted driving gets people killed, and I
know it's against the law to drive down the road
while you're testing, but do you know if theare any
kind of laws against dog driving down the room road
putting on makeup. I mean this woman was actually speeding too, over, Henry.

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I was doing to.

Speaker 2 (08:05):
Speed on him about forty five and she was doing
every bit of sixty five.

Speaker 3 (08:09):
I mean she flew by me. So, lady, if you're
out there and you listening to an Uncle Henry show,
put your dad gum make up at home or or
or or just don't do it while you're running down
the road speeding. Damn, that just rattled in a little
bit this morning, buddy.

Speaker 1 (08:27):
But you have a good day, snake trouble. Thank you
for sharing that with me. I've got a I've got
a distracted driving story for you. I don't have to
I'm gonna I'm gonna get to it after the break,
because you talked about distracted driving and somebody driving around
with her putting their makeup on. I've got a distracted
driving story that's in the news. I'm gonna share that
with you when we return. But first, we got to

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take a break for trafficking weather. Let's take the break.

(09:09):
This is the Uncle Henry Show on News Radio seven
ten WNTM. News headlines coming up in ten minutes. Before
we get to them, news headlines, I do have a
news item on a share now. This is related to
the last voicemail. In the last segment of the show,

(09:31):
Snake Trapper called him with a story about what he
said was distracting driving. He said he was a woman
drove by him. She was putting on her makeup while
she was driving to work or something like that. Is
that what that was?

Speaker 3 (09:43):
She was putting on dad gum makeup, Uncle Henry. I
mean that's right. She had that blush brush and her
handboy just to working on that face. And I'm thinking,
my goodness, you know so over Henry, I know that
distracted drive and get freetball filled.

Speaker 1 (10:01):
Yes it does, Yes it does. And as you pointed
out in your voicemail, it's allegedly against the law for
texting while driving, although it would if anybody with Alabama
Law Enforcement Association is listening, which I know they aren't,
but if they were, it might help to put out
some stats every now and again of the number of

(10:21):
people who get an actual ticket for texting and driving.
If you want people to stop texting and driving, release
those stats every now and again. Let us know. But anyway,
I wanted to tell the snake trapper a story, a
distracted driving story, because he mentioned distracted driving the woman

(10:44):
putting on her makeup. I saw this story this morning.
This was this is out of Montana. A fifty three
year old man who named James Howard, driving in Missoula, Montana,
was involved in a rear end collision. Police say that

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it was distracted driving and this man is in trouble
with the law. Fifty three year old man in trouble
with the law for distracted driving. Now, this is what
he was doing. He was not putting on his makeup,
he wasn't texting and driving. This is what he was doing.
He's driving down the road in Missoula, Montana, and he

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needed to go tee tee. Now, instead of pulling over
to relieve himself like an adult would do, pulling over
and going to a rest stop or a gas station
or somewhere that he could go relieve himself, he thought
that what he should do is reach over in his

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car and grab an empty Budweiser can. Yes, empty Budweiser can.
That's already you probably should not be driving around with
empty beer cans in your car. I'm just saying you
do you. It's still allegedly a free country, but if
you want to take some advice, don't drive around with

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a bunch of bunch of empty beer cans in your car.
So the guy grabs an empty Budweiser can and decides
to go tee tee in the Budweiser can while he
is driving down the road. And that was very distracted driving,

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and he was apparently paying attention to making sure he
got it into the can and ended up in a
rear end collision that involved the police. Now, one more
thing on this story. Fifty three year old James Howard.

(12:54):
I know his name now because he tried to use
the bathroom inside of an empty beer can he was
driving down the road. Another bit of advice. If I
were giving advice, people don't want my advice. But if
I were give advice to him, I would have told
him to go find a rest stop or a gas
station to go releave himself instead of an empty beer can.

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I would also tell him that when the police pull
him over, or well, I guess he's not pulled over,
he's gotten into a wreck. I would tell him that
you got I think you might have the right to
remain silent in this instance. You don't have to volunteer

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this information when you're driving down that you just you know.
I might even ask the officer. I would say, officer,
do I have the right to remain silent here? Because
I'd rather not. I'd rather not reveal what was going
on with this beer can anyway in trouble. That's your
weird news story for the day from the Uncle Henry Show. Now,

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in terms of distracted driving that I have witnessed, now,
I've also seen people putting on makeup, you know, driving
down I've driven. I've been on the Interstate and glanced
over and seen someone putting on makeup at like sixty
five miles per hour. The most outrageous example I think

(14:23):
that I've noticed personally, as I believe this was Government Boulevard,
Government Street mobile, Alabama. I believe I was driving east
on Government near Catherine Street, and I remember looking over

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in the car in the other lane going the same
direction as me, and I glanced over and I saw
a man, this was years ago. He had a newspaper
that was complete open and on his steering wheel that
laid it was touching like his dashboard, and it was

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all the way down his steering wheel. He had it
all completely open in front of him as he was driving.
This was back in the day, back in the day
of the press register. So I guess they were such
a good paper. People didn't want to buy them, but
they might have wanted to read them while they were driving.

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All right, out of time. Thank you for listening to
the Uncle Henry show. I appreciate it Bear very much.
As they say in Sarahland, have a good one, and
as they say in Theodore, take it easy

Speaker 3 (15:43):
All right later