pothole of the week : 44th and abbott

march 25, 2008 @ 22:15

I hit this beauty late the other night and it almost blew-up the suspension on the jeep. The jeep! I know! Kaboom! WTF!

I went back the next day to take a picture and discovered it wasn't technically a pothole, it's just one of those rectangles they cut out of the street to fix a plumbing problem. Like when someone's mainline crumbles or whatever. It happened to my neighbor once. Like $1500. Ouch. Anyway, because it was [probably] winter when it happened, the repair crew fills the hole with gravel instead of actually patching it. Because they can't actually patch it? Because it's winter? Who knows. Either way, it's spring now and the gravel is gone, leaving only a huge alignment-jarring hole. Sunuva!

So yeah, maybe it's not a real pothole, but it's still a force to be reckoned with. So watch out. And next week I'll try and have a legit one. Or maybe this idea dies after one week? We'll see.

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  1. Bill Lindeke thought:

    Great idea! Someone's gotta do the dirty work.

  2. dave thought:

    idea now officially certified genius!

    do i sit back and let them do the dirty work? methinks yes.

  3. dave thought:

    note that i said 'certified genius' and not 'certified stolen' (timestamps be damned). because why would you do that, right? without a link or anything, right? that's so very stribdeets, and the cp is probably better than that, right? so totally (for real) giving them benefit of doubt. that's right, right?

  4. Bill Lindeke thought:

    Methinks this is the beginning of the great Minneapolis Pothole Wars of 2008

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