What I Learned After Breaking Down on Rt. 90 in Pennsauken, NJ

so sunday night, popsie (an S.S.U.F.-silent so unpretty fan) and I were driving home after a long afternoon of buying crap we don't need in Cherry Hill, NJ, when something happened to me that has never happened before. we broke down.

we were about to cross over to philly from the dark side when we had to pull over to the side of route 90, just before the betsey ross bridge tolls because get this-popsie's car would not stop accelerating, despite the fact that he was pounding on the brakes!

oddly enough, we were both extremely calm, given that we were charging at racecar speed towards the toll boothes.

although it was a fucked up way to end a perfectly fine weekend, i must say i learned a lot...including but not limited to:

1. its possible to stop an out of control motor vehicle by throwing it in to park and pulling on the emergency brake (sure the motor nearly caught on fire when we did this, but at least we stopped)

2. its always a good idea to keep a cell phone charger in your car at all times (we both had cell phones-it is 2007 after all- however, that was as helpful as having a wampum belt because both of our batteries were dead)

3. its good to have patience...or at least speak Indian (because that was the first language of the person who assisted us when we were able to contact All State Roadside Assistance)

4. breaking down in freezing cold weather may suck, but boy does it keep you alert and focused on the task at hand

5. the DRPA admin building is never locked, guarded or protected by anyone. you can come and go as you please. you can even raid their kitchen (p.s. their vending machine riz-ocked; they had ONE DOLLAR BARS which were delicious)

6. tow truck drivers hate the people they have to help (two reasons: #1 they hate dealing with boneheads who have no idea what to do and #2, they have to come from their nice warm houses where they were watching football and drinking beer until All State called them and told them they had to come get your sorry, frozen ass)

p.s. shout out to Toll Booth Lady who let us borrow her gross, but fully charged cell phone-it meant the world to us. we'd also like to thank the country of India for making 24 hour assistance possible. last, but certainly not least, we'd like to thank the person who is in charge of stocking the vending machine at DRPA-you RULE!