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Guardian Angel vs. Physics

A new wreck appeared at the corner gas station:

Guardian Angel at Work - overview
Guardian Angel at Work – overview

The black plate on the front may be a door panel from the other contestant, because it obviously does not match the vehicle. Perhaps the wrecker crew strapped it on to hold the debris in place?

The front end submarined under the obstacle and stopped just before the passenger compartment reached the excitement.

A view of the windshield and top of the dashboard:

Guardian Angel at Work - dashboard
Guardian Angel at Work – dashboard

The fan may have been tucked in there by the wrecker crew, along with assorted chunks of plastic and metal.

A closer look at the medallion resting on the dash, rotated for your viewing convenience:

Guardian Angel at Work - medallion
Guardian Angel at Work – medallion

The steering wheel airbag had deployed, so perhaps the driver emerged relatively undamaged, but, as always, guardian angels seem unconcerned with property damage.

The last three years have pretty conclusively shown the various gods do not care about individuals and, in fact, their presumed acts closely resemble epidemiology in action.

Drive to stay alive …

Comments

3 responses to “Guardian Angel vs. Physics”

  1. Olli Avatar
    Olli

    “guardian angels seem unconcerned with property damage.”

    “Some French socialist said that private property was theft … I say that private property is a nuisance.” — Paul Erdős

    1. Ed Avatar

      AFAICT, pretty nearly everybody saying such things is at least comfortably well off.

      The best rebuttal I’ve seen goes something like “Nobody has ever washed their rental car.”

      1. Olli Avatar
        Olli

        Paul Erdös spent so much time on planes and his peers’ homes, Airbnb life (squared) before it was invented.