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Typical Whackers
OK guys i was looking online for the Whacker Inciter LED Light when i came across the official definition of the term "Whacker". This is hilarious and sadly true hope you guys like it and lets here some stories about the whackers you guys know. Ill throw mine in after the definition...
1. Whacker: Someone who has an extensive number of emergency lights, whether legal or illegal. This person usually has several excuses to justify their light installations or usage. You can see these people in the larger population centers where surplus lights are more abundant. Usually they have light bars, dash lights, grill or hideaway strobe for no reason and try to find reasons to use them. Possible occupations of the typical whacker are security guard or some community safety club. Whackers tend to get hostile when confronted about their lights and they will name several tasks to justify their usage. Some stated tasks could be highway assistance, snow removal (with no plow attachment on the vehicle), an unforeseen emergency that will never happen, or anything that comes to the imagination in the heat of the argument. Some even go as far as to start up a business and outfit a retired police car just to have lights on a vehicle they own. These businesses usually are short lived and only do minimal business to keep the "company" they started alive. Usually whackers will have web sites celebrating their lighting abuse and you will see numerous flashy animations and pictures of real emergency vehicles with little to no real content. When confronting a whacker, you'll realize soon enough that they are always right, you are always wrong in their eyes. It's a mental state that only can be crushed by a dose of reality or leaving the whacker phase. The average whacker is probably a 16-28 year old white male, working a small or dead end job, lacking power at their job or in their personal life and is obsessed with police/fire shows, catalogs, or books.
Ok now the Whackers I know proudly show it. Down the Road 2 good friends of mine are the official "Sub-Station 17-Whackers R Us" LOL, full bar lights, millions of fire extinguishers in the beds of their trucks with traffic cones... extra lights trailers so extra equipment from the station incase of a huge incident(trailer they built their own)
Now for me I am with "The Whacker Brigade" LOL Me and my friend Lauren Bass started it when we got our new gear and when i got my new Vector blue light.
1. Whacker: Someone who has an extensive number of emergency lights, whether legal or illegal. This person usually has several excuses to justify their light installations or usage. You can see these people in the larger population centers where surplus lights are more abundant. Usually they have light bars, dash lights, grill or hideaway strobe for no reason and try to find reasons to use them. Possible occupations of the typical whacker are security guard or some community safety club. Whackers tend to get hostile when confronted about their lights and they will name several tasks to justify their usage. Some stated tasks could be highway assistance, snow removal (with no plow attachment on the vehicle), an unforeseen emergency that will never happen, or anything that comes to the imagination in the heat of the argument. Some even go as far as to start up a business and outfit a retired police car just to have lights on a vehicle they own. These businesses usually are short lived and only do minimal business to keep the "company" they started alive. Usually whackers will have web sites celebrating their lighting abuse and you will see numerous flashy animations and pictures of real emergency vehicles with little to no real content. When confronting a whacker, you'll realize soon enough that they are always right, you are always wrong in their eyes. It's a mental state that only can be crushed by a dose of reality or leaving the whacker phase. The average whacker is probably a 16-28 year old white male, working a small or dead end job, lacking power at their job or in their personal life and is obsessed with police/fire shows, catalogs, or books.
Ok now the Whackers I know proudly show it. Down the Road 2 good friends of mine are the official "Sub-Station 17-Whackers R Us" LOL, full bar lights, millions of fire extinguishers in the beds of their trucks with traffic cones... extra lights trailers so extra equipment from the station incase of a huge incident(trailer they built their own)
Now for me I am with "The Whacker Brigade" LOL Me and my friend Lauren Bass started it when we got our new gear and when i got my new Vector blue light.
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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on
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He isn't a "wacker" More like a WACKO..!!! Maybe let your State Police deal with this nut...Stay safe....and away from this bird...LOL Paul
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Permalink Reply by Joe Stoltz on
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One question, how many pagers and cell phones must one wear at all times to fit the "true whacker" profile?
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Permalink Reply by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on
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Two each.
But, you have to be careful. Some are carrying the combination phone/pager/radio that they purchased at their own expense.
It makes them look "normal".
It takes a trained eye to catch it. Look at the hat. The hat pins are the giveaway.
Follow the hat and you will find the whacker!
Art
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Permalink Reply by ee779 on
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actually, you only need 1 pager and 1 cell phone to be concidered a "whacker" but if you want to really fit the bill, put as much stuff as you can on the belt without making your pants fall down! For example, I carry my alpha, and voice pagers(one of each), cell phone, a pocket knife (in a leather case), the chain for my wallet hooks on there and last but not least, the leather zippo holder.
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Well then I be a whacker. Except at work, where I have 2 cell phones and 3 pagers on my belt. That must qualify me for "uber whacker".
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The running joke in our fire company all summer was all of the bets about how long it would take me to strip the lights off the truck and install some on the Harley! When I bought the newer truck in June I thought about it. So far I haven't even put lights on this truck because I don't want the magnet scratches and haven't found a Back Rack in my price range, yet! As far as putting blues on the bike... I might, if I can find a safe way to mount the Vector!
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OK Here goes....Let's see......"I'm a whacker, you're a whacker, he's a whacker, she's a whacker.....Wouldn't you like to be a whacker too..." ??.....Maybe we can use this for recruitment....LOL...................Does it really matter...??? Stay safe all..............Paul
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I would really start a holy war if they even tried to do that here! This past summer our chief had made a comment along the lines of: not wanting the "biker image" at the station! I left and came back with a full page article about the Soldiers Angels ( a motor cycle club that does nothing but fundraisers to send care packages to our men and women over seas and serve as color gaurd for military funerals) and a flier from the Red Knights motorcycle club (of which I am a member) and asked, "So this is the image we don't want, as opposed to being known as the drunken irish fire company?" Needless to say there has been nothing negative said about me going to the station on my bike when responding to a call since!
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Sung to the tune of "Grazin' In the Grass" of course.
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I know....."sick puppy".....LOL But, hey what the..........Life is too short to get hung up on formalities.....call me what you want....just don't call me someone who doesn't give a crap......I'll be there when the bell goes off right down to my "Last Alarm".....Hope that isn't too soon..................LOL....Stay safe all and keep the faith....................Paul
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