I got a chuckle out of these...
http://www.strangeplaces.net/weirdthings/travel.html (http://www.strangeplaces.net/weirdthings/travel.html)
Ha ha!
Funny, and believable. I bet the 'FAT' one has happened many times.
Hippopotamous that is a classic!! Same with Pepsi-cola and computer plane!!
New license plate coming out this year -- "FLORIDA: THE THIN STATE" ;D
Some pretty funny stuff elsewhere on that site too. Apparently there was a whole "Down with the letter E" movement that I had missed:
http://www.strangeplaces.net/weirdthings/ascii.html
Also, the site owner is apparently a hug scifi/fantasy fan, lotsa funny quotes including a ton from Buffy/Angel (http://www.strangeplaces.net/blah/tvseriesquotes.html) " (Spike, 'voice over')How can I thank you, you mysterious black-clad-hunk-of-a-knight-thing? ..." Classic! :D