Overpass Jokes

A fellow was out for his usual morning walk. Crossing the road along which he walked was a high overpass. As he neared the overpass he noticed, lying at the foot of a pillar, a crumpled heap.
Walking closer he realized that it was a person lying there, who had either fallen or jumped from the overpass. He rushed over to see if he could help and saw that the person was still alive.
He also noticed a dead parakeet tied to the ankle of the person lying there.
"What happened?" he blurted out.
The eyes opened, and a painful voice answered, "I wanted to find out what this budgee jumping is about."

OMAHA, Nebraska - In police parlance he is known as a "jumper," someone who wants to commit suicide by jumping from some high place. This particular jumper was threatening to do the deed by leaping from an overpass into traffic.

While police tried to talk him down a hacker managed to break onto the police radio frequency, and broadcast the Van Halen song JUMP for three and a half minutes. As officers were negotiating all of the police radios suddenly blared, "... might as well jump... go ahead jump!"

Police say the man clutching an overpass fence couldn't have heard the broadcast, however police chief Don Carey was still not amused. In a display of acumen and discretion Carey called the broadcast "inappropriate." Police say someone who found a lost or stolen police radio might have transmitted the song. The jumper was eventually talked down safely.