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You would suffer for me...
May. 17th, 2003 09:21 pmHrm. I have an extra copy of Castle Kidnapped by John DeChancie. Any takers?
I've been noticing some driving foibles recently. Well, two.
The first goes something like this:
Getting onto eastbound 40 from Clayton Road, you have two lanes which merge to one which becomes its own lane on the highway. The left lane is the one which disappears.
Lately, I've noticed that people merge... to the left. They get into the lane that DISAPPEARS.
Can anyone explain the logic to me?
The second was a little drama which played out in my rear-view mirror today.
The setting: Northbound 55, at Broadway. There are cars in all of the lanes, including one in the fast lane which is not going faster than the car who is AHEAD of him in the third lane.
Suddenly, behind this person in the fast lane, appears an ambulance.
The ambulance has nowhere to go--the other lanes are all dead-locked as it were, with everyone pretty much going the same speed.
For at least a MINUTE, this fucker in the fastlane SITS THERE, with the ambulance RIGHT BEHIND HIM FLASHING ITS LIGHTS. Then, finally, he moves over, getting behind the car in the third lane.
The ambulance moves on, speeding up.
And I have to know, WHAT went through this person's head? Did they think, "Oh, I'm an idiot, I'm going to sit here and go slower, so the ambulance has to go around me." ????
If that had been me, the first thing I would have done was get the fuck out of the ambulance's way.
Oh well. Idiots abound, sadly.
I do, truly, want a laser cannon, though. Imagine the death toll, of course....
Hit Goodwill and scored a stack of books. Books are good. Though I shudder to contemplate *transporting and packing* them. Hrm.
Also went to KB, and found Mummy 2 action figures. They have a Rick, they have some Mummy thing, they have Imhotep, they have the fucking brat. But they don't have an Evelyn figure. What the hell is up with that?
They don't have Johnathon, either, and I'm kind of shocked, since he's the con artist. Don't boys like con artists over little brats?
Luckily, Rick is not lonely, since Chiana is just his height. And her handcuffs come in handy. His sword has been appropriated by Padme, though, who is shorter than it. She does look kinda cool holding it, though.
And Rick's hat looks cute on the baby My Little Pony.
I've been noticing some driving foibles recently. Well, two.
The first goes something like this:
Getting onto eastbound 40 from Clayton Road, you have two lanes which merge to one which becomes its own lane on the highway. The left lane is the one which disappears.
Lately, I've noticed that people merge... to the left. They get into the lane that DISAPPEARS.
Can anyone explain the logic to me?
The second was a little drama which played out in my rear-view mirror today.
The setting: Northbound 55, at Broadway. There are cars in all of the lanes, including one in the fast lane which is not going faster than the car who is AHEAD of him in the third lane.
Suddenly, behind this person in the fast lane, appears an ambulance.
The ambulance has nowhere to go--the other lanes are all dead-locked as it were, with everyone pretty much going the same speed.
For at least a MINUTE, this fucker in the fastlane SITS THERE, with the ambulance RIGHT BEHIND HIM FLASHING ITS LIGHTS. Then, finally, he moves over, getting behind the car in the third lane.
The ambulance moves on, speeding up.
And I have to know, WHAT went through this person's head? Did they think, "Oh, I'm an idiot, I'm going to sit here and go slower, so the ambulance has to go around me." ????
If that had been me, the first thing I would have done was get the fuck out of the ambulance's way.
Oh well. Idiots abound, sadly.
I do, truly, want a laser cannon, though. Imagine the death toll, of course....
Hit Goodwill and scored a stack of books. Books are good. Though I shudder to contemplate *transporting and packing* them. Hrm.
Also went to KB, and found Mummy 2 action figures. They have a Rick, they have some Mummy thing, they have Imhotep, they have the fucking brat. But they don't have an Evelyn figure. What the hell is up with that?
They don't have Johnathon, either, and I'm kind of shocked, since he's the con artist. Don't boys like con artists over little brats?
Luckily, Rick is not lonely, since Chiana is just his height. And her handcuffs come in handy. His sword has been appropriated by Padme, though, who is shorter than it. She does look kinda cool holding it, though.
And Rick's hat looks cute on the baby My Little Pony.
