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Posted on: Sun, Mar 30 2008 6:47 PM
Posted by: Olivette Turbeville Posts: 508
Hello, I'm Olivette. (Otherwise known as wzername)TAG YOU'RE IT!!! Holy Mackerel Batman!
Ok... the Batman remark may have been entirely uncalled for.
I was just wondering - Does any of the following situations apply to anyone besides ME????
.... Any part of your wheelchair is painted in camouflage.
.... You have a wheelchair up on blocks in your front yard.
.... You rigged up a beer cooler powered off your chair batteries.
.... You wear cowboy, biker, or work boots, even though they're hard to put on and you can't walk anyway. .
... You adjusted your headrest so it'll stop knocking off your hat.
.... You installed a gun rack on the back of your wheelchair.
.... Your joystick [which does not live up to its name] is a billiard ball, stick shift knob, beer tap, or similar item.
.... You ever thought about jacking your chair up 2 or 3 feet, "Monster Truck' style.
.... You have knobby mud tires - that never get dirty.
.... You installed a horn so your chair will squeal like a hog - or scare people like a semi tractor/trailer.
.... You installed a whip antenna so you can fly the stars and bars! .
... There is a 'Harley' decal or emblem permanently attached to your chair.
.... You installed a CB under your chair.
.... You replaced your seat with a Barco or Lazy Boy Lounger.
.... You found the above Lounger abandoned on the side of the road.
.... There is some anatomical portion of a deer or raccoon decorating any part of your chair.
.... You have ever thought about smuggling moonshine in the tubing or battery compartment of the chair. .
... You, while in your wheelchair, ever created any road kill.
.... The accessories hangin' on your chair weigh more than 1/3 what your w/c does.
.... You browse truck catalogs looking for ways to amp up your wheelchair motors
.... You want to add a side-car or a 'sweet little trailer'.
.... You wear a 4 pound shiny Rodeo Champ belt buckle that your stomach folds over.
.... The fringe on your jacket and/or your bolo tie has gotten caught in your wheels - but you wear 'em anyway. .
... You regularly call Harley Davidson and ask when they're gonna start making power wheelchairs.
.... You have spent more than an hour trying to figure out where to hang fuzzy dice from your chair.
.... Duct tape plays a major role in your repair and maintenance plan.
.... You read this list and found yourself thinking, at any point, "Now that's a good idea!"
.... You have ever repainted your adaptive equipment with flames / scull 'n crossbones / flags / etc.
.... Your service dog and wallet are both on a chain.
.... Your nickname is emblazoned on your wheelchair somewhere.
.... You entered the tricycle races at field day citing 'Title IX' .
.... If your service dog is a Pit Bull.
.... You have snow chains for at least two tires.
.... You have someone developing ski's for your front casters.
.... You've designed a quick-release colt45 holster for the armrest.
.... If you pick up and haul hitchhikers on your lap.
..... If you consider intermittent cathing as fore play.
.... If you've emptied a leg bag in a hedge row.
.... If you've fantasized about mud-wrestling your nurse.
.... If your front porch collapses and kills more than three retired service dogs.
..... If your power chair has more miles on it than your van.
..... If you can't tell what color your wheelchair is because of the mud.
..... If you have 3-4 empty happy meal sacks in your backpack.
..... If you're looking for somewhere to hook up a bug-zapper on your powerchair.
..... If you're pissed because spinner rims aren't available for wheelchairs.
..... If you've made your own spinner rims with lazy-suzan turntables and aluminum foil.
..... If executing the "pull my finger" trick briefly preempts changing Depends.
..... If your wheelchair has Yosemite Sam mudflaps (or the chrome bolt on go-go dancers)..
..... If your lap and chest restraints covers more of your belly than your T-shirt.
..... If your other adaptive chair is made of stacked beer cans.
..... If you've been towed home sitting in your chair 'cuz of dead batteries. (chained behind a truck/car)
..... If you've been towed home sitting in your chair 'cuz of wet wiring from car wash.
..... If you've been towed down the road in your chair just for shitz 'n grinz. ("Road Skiing")
..... If your power chair has a [chrome] roll bar and KC light covers.
..... If you've bolted a chrome tailpipe tip to the bottom of your powerchair.
..... If you've handed your beer to a friend saying, "Watch THIS" just before you woke up in the ER.
__________________________________________________ Keep 'em coming folks! I love this! - Stay tuned -
Visit my corner of Disaboom as 'wzername', for "whine-free" shitz'n'grins.All my best to you and yours! Olivette xx0x0xx
Posted on: Sun, Mar 30 2008 7:38 PM
Posted by: cudachaser Posts: 1,485
Yep...we are there...I'm a semi redneck
Joe
Posted on: Sun, Mar 30 2008 9:16 PM
Posted by: Candy26 Posts: 1
Posted on: Sun, Mar 30 2008 9:57 PM
Posted by: TriDog Posts: 1,787
You might be a redneck if your wheelchair was a gun rack and a bottle opener.
Posted on: Mon, Mar 31 2008 12:24 AM
Posted by: Chip Hall Posts: 23
.... you carry a roll of duct tape for quick wheelchair repairs.
.... you have ever repainted your adaptive equipment with flames
... your service dog and wallet are on a chain
... your nickname is printed on your wheelchair some where
... you entered the tricycle races at field day citing Title IX
Posted on: Wed, Apr 2 2008 7:39 PM
Service dog is a Pit Bull...
Posted on: Wed, Apr 2 2008 8:49 PM
No finer words were ever spoken, than those of everyone who's answered and added to this "Redneck LIst" I've posted the new additions for everyone's extended enjoyment.
Who knows, maybe one day this list will take a half hour to read?
Can't thank you enough!
Olivette
Posted on: Thu, Apr 3 2008 8:16 AM
...you say hey yall watch this right as you flip over backwards not spilling a drop of beer
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