Accidents on Purpose

America was not known for producing exceptional mid-sized automobiles in the 80s and 90s. Nevertheless, the load did his part in supporting the industry. At one point, he drove a mid sized maroon colored buick. It was quite the vehicle. The muffler was attached with baling wire. A ski pole was used to hold the trunk open and when filling it up with gas, you usually had to add a quart of oil as well. Though it was rear wheel drive and low to the ground, he would take it off roading on occasion.

Then there was Annie. Annie was not a hardworker and was not that bright. Consequently, it was easy to see through her excuses that involved her avoiding work. As you would expect, most of the staff members at a boy scout camp were male. The few females that worked there often felt they had to prove themselves. Some chose to prove themselves by working very hard. A select few chose to dedicate themselves to raising morale one staff member at a time! Annie did neither

There is a fair amount of pranking that goes on at camp. For some reason, there was an enormous stash of badminton birdies in the basesment of one of the buildings. Truly enormous, thousands and thousands of them. There was no net or rackets, but countless birdies nonetheless. One favorite prank was to fill up someone's car with these birdies. Another was to hide someone's car.

The load had what I consider one of the best pranks. It was dedicated exclusively for Annie. Annie drove a brand of vehicle I had never heard of before. It was not a fancy car, the few of us that did have vehicles rarely had new cars. On a number of occasions, if we saw Annie's parked car, we would pretend that the load's vehicle had lost its brakes. It was more that just a gentle nudge, but not hard enough to cause any real damage. It was extra fun if Annie happened to witness it. There would be lots of yelling immediately prior to the impact and then her little car would jump forward.  Then there was always the story that this had never happened before, and was a one time fluke.  Kind of like the whole run-away Prius issue a few years back.