u/VVageslave

I was driving at around 125 kph on the motorway last night and there was a sudden very loud thumping noise coming from (it seemed) the rear drivers side wheel.
I thought it was a tyre blow-out, but I never lost control at all. I stopped and had a good look but there appeared to be nothing wrong whatsoever. I slowly drove the remaining 10 Km home and after inspecting the wheel/tyre area thoroughly, could see no sign of a problem and the car drives fine now. The ONLY thing I noticed was the plastic underbody splash guard had a slight sag in it right next to the wheel. Could this fairly flimsy plastic panel cause such a loud noise? Honestly it sounded like a loud bass drum thumping at two beats per second.
Anyone else experience this? I have been driving 50 years, and this is a first for me!

To get at the other (snide)

My girlfriend is deathly afraid of my wife who is a black belt at karate, a body-builder and extremely jealous of other women. I told my g/f that I accidentally called out her name as I came last night, and she almost fainted. What did your wife say? she asked. It’s OK, don’t worry I told her because the r/Jokes police will let us know what the best reply should have been.

I want to go peacefully, with dignity and preferably like my grandfather, blissfully unaware of it, in a deep sleep…NOT screaming at the top of my lungs or shitting my pants like the passengers in his bus.

A big-boned person was constantly unhappy with their body shape. Thine significant other suggested taking a 6-mile walk every day in order to enhance their joint overall happiness quotient. The lack-of-height-for-their-weight person decided to give it a try and lo, the joyfulness was manifest when, after a week, the subject of the joke was 42 miles away.