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Hammer Lane Legends

87: Belly Fries

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.7611 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 87: Belly Fries, we bring back Flatbed Johnny! Flatbed Johnny originally joined Tony and Brian for legendary Episode 74: Methematics, and we had to have him back again! This time around he shares more wild stories from his life behind the wheel. Do you want to know what truckers see out on the road? We have two words for you - “belly fries." So buckle up and get ready for another ride with Flatbed Johnny!

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He put it in park through the driver's door,

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ran out the side of the car,

0:18.0

crossed the front of it, and jumped right off the side of the bridge in front of me. The only people really pulled over were truckers. He said, we're going hog, and he didn't slow down.

0:27.8

He went across the median onto the oncoming traffic, but where they could see him come and they

0:33.5

just got out of the way. I noticed his plane was really low.

0:39.3

He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it spun around.

0:43.3

You know, 30 seconds north could have hit us.

0:47.9

I went around that truck and a guy,

0:50.1

stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece of wood

0:52.6

and shot through my window,

0:54.4

just like a spear, and stuck in the back of the cab at my truck.

0:59.2

That's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.

1:07.6

Welcome to the show, everybody you're listening to Hammer Lane Legends. I'm your host, Tony

1:10.5

Merkel. And I am Brian Merkel. We're really glad that you're here. If you've a crazy and wild experience, you want to share with us from the road, go ahead and shoot us an email. Our email address is HLLL Podcast at ProtonMail.com. That's HLLL Podcast at Protonmail.com. Or go to the website, hammerlainledges.com, hit the contact section. You

1:28.7

can reach us that way as well. Either it works for us, just get a hold of us. Dad, we got that

1:33.3

voicemail line. You know what to do next. I do know what to do next. You give us a call. So I'm to tell you what you should do next. You give us a call at 515-5-85-8-5-M-E-R-K. That's 515-585-6375.

1:47.8

If you've got a short story you want to share, five minutes, 10 minutes, that's good.

1:52.5

Give us a call, leave a message, give us your story.

1:56.2

If it's anything longer than that, freaking A, get a hold of the show.

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