Tell me a funny story about the area you live

See this only happens in Wisconsin. So a couple years ago my kid and coworkers were given quite the shock when they spotted a whole live cow in the back seat of a car going through the drive thru at the restaurant they work at.

Perhaps even more shocking was that this happened at 1pm, not 1am, so it’s at least less likely that the driver was drinking at the time.

My kid never did say whether he ordered a salad or a buger…there’s also got to be a joke in there somewhere about it being the first time anything related to a cow was actually at the restaurant.

Now tell me a story from your next of the woods

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DrWatson · 70-79, M

I used to live in Wisconsin. This was told to me second-hand, back in the 1970's.

Cars did not have GPS's then, and people did not have cell phones. But there was a "deluxe" option that some cars had, in which you could hit a button on the dashboard and speak with a live person who could track your location. I believe the main purpose was for calling for help. (I think the system was called OnStar, but that might have been something else.)

Well, this call center was located in Atlanta.

So a friend of my friend apparently decided to drive his car onto a frozen lake in Wisconsin and activate this feature, to see how someone from the south would interpret things. He told the operator he was lost and wanted directions.

She responded with great alarm, "You're underwater! Get out of there!"

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