Caption This Photo, Win a T-shirt: Car on a Snowbank
Feb 15, 2009 | Share this | Leave a comment
Photo by Andy Nelson-Zaleski of the Mining Journal
In what local law enforcement are referring to as ‘Typical Yooper Fashion’, a Marquette man has marooned his 1995 Buick LeSabre on a downtown snowbank. Apparently the incident spiraled out of control when Mr Toivo Mukada decided to take climate control into his own hands, following Phil the Groundhog’s prediction of 6 more weeks of winter.
“Hey der, guy, it just ain’t right. We’re all sick of da winter, wish it would just leave us all be. You can only go WalMart and walk long lap so many times. Plus, I jus picked up a new 2 stroke ‘zuki brapper.. jus can’t wait for dat spring time brappin’.” - T. Muckada.
Currently, Muckada is being held in custody awaiting potential MIP (Minor Ingesting Pasty) charges.
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And the winner is… Nate Thomas
Nate put together a great police report and his effort shows. But I think what put the icing on the cake was his closing line, “being held in custody awaiting potential MIP (Minor Ingesting Pasty) charges.” If you would still like to add a caption feel free, and this went so well that we’ll have to have some more contests like this in the future. So stay tuned and subscribe today. — I think this is a pretty funny photo and perhaps somewhat iconic of the Upper Peninsula in a way. We want your best caption. We will hook you up with a free Lake Superior t-shirt if you have the best caption. All you have to do is submit your caption suggestion in the comments below. The Mining Journal reported on Wednesday that this car found itself on top of a snowbank at the intersection of Seventh and Washington Streets in downtown Marquette. Apparently the brakes failed coming down Seventh Street. Oops. I look forward to reading your captions!
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Window Store!? I thought we were going for pasties, smoked fish, jerky, and cheese!
In what local law enforcement are referring to as ‘Typical Yooper Fashion’, a Marquette man has marooned his 1995 Buick LeSabre on a downtown snowbank. Apparently the incident spiraled out of control when Mr Toivo Mukada decided to take climate control into his own hands, following Phil the Groundhog’s prediction of 6 more weeks of winter.
“Hey der, guy, it just ain’t right. We’re all sick of da winter, wish it would just leave us all be. You can only go WalMart and walk long lap so many times. Plus, I jus picked up a new 2 stroke ‘zuki brapper.. jus can’t wait for dat spring time brappin’.” - T. Muckada.
Currently, Muckada is being held in custody awaiting potential MIP (Minor Ingesting Pasty) charges.
Dis ain’t da two-track I thought we’d be goin’ down…
Hmmmmmmmm. I guess R means Reverse, not Rev it up!
I wonder if the Jolly Green Giant will come and play cars with me in my sandpile?
Expectant Mothers Only
“oh you just gotta give er”
“My GPS said to turn left here…so I did. It’s not my fault, honest!”
You never know what you’ll find during UP winter thaws…
The Pine Mountain Ski Jump was very happy with their preliminary testing of automobile jumping. “We’re really hoping this will take away the demand for a northbound freeway in the U.P.,” said Pine Mountain director John Aho.
New 2010 Model Buick Snowmobile Hybrid
Thank goodness my neighbor got a new tractor!
“Here, hold my beer and watch this….”
When asked about how his car ended up in this position by the Keweenaw County Sheriff, Todd Niemi replied that “Da car was parked all legal-like on da side a da street til dat January t’aw hit.”
The heat will do that…..
At this point Bob began to wonder if the money he saved on his generic Tom-Tom was really worth it…
suprised Mining Journal hasn’t contacted you regarding copyright infringement for using their photographer’s photo.
Jess,
I haven’t heard from them. In the past with projects I’ve done I haven’t had any problems with newspapers allowing me to use an image when given the proper credit and a link to the source. Clearly if they ask me anything I’d be more than happy to comply.
Thanks for the comment.
LOL @Jess, buzzkill. Yikes.
I tink I know a short-cut