You Say Nu-ku-lur, I Say Nu-clear

Woman In Bizarre Road Rage Incident Blames National Public Radio

Seattle — A woman in a station wagon stopped in the middle of traffic, got out, and threw her car radio over the 520 bridge today in what state troopers are calling a bizarre road rage incident.

Witnesses say the woman repeated the phrase “For the love of God, it’s nuclear!” over and over again while pounding the hood of her car.

She told police she was pissed that “someone said ‘nu-ku-lur’ on the radio.”

Troopers released her after determining she was not drunk.

Reached at her home in Seattle, the woman, who declined to give her name, said, “That was the proverbial straw that nuked this camel’s back. Look, the word is two syllables. Two. I’m sick and tired of people mispronouncing ‘nuclear.’ And one more thing, I don’t want them on my charades team.”

Traffic was backed up for two miles.