Paper Cups Spell Disaster

friday and saturday night i went camping at oxbow park.  it was, for the most part, a fun time.  one fellow dropped his knife into the fire, thinking it would be funny.  it was, for everybody but him.  that same fellow thought it would be funny to set someone on fire.  it wasnt, for anybody, except him.  then it rained all evening, stopping just in time for us to be ready for bed and starting just in time for us to wake up and start collecting all our things and take down the tent.

well, carolina, enjoy your cup.  and have fun keeping a decent sheet of ice in the south.  oh so lucky you are that bodies break sometimes.

i was looking at my new toothbrush just now and said to myself, “this plastic looks so fake.” but what is fake about it? was it trying to be something else? it was silly, so i ate breakfast. then had to brush my teeth again because honey nut cheerios can give you funky breath.

 and on the way home from pretending to be an architect my car rolled past 150,000 miles.  thats an average of almost 70 miles a day for 6 years (roughly how long it has existed).

i actually considered it for a moment.  “meh, whats the harm?”  thats what really made me ashamed.

paying the parking meter would be millions of times more rewarding if it dispensed small pieces of candy with every quarter.

if you ever have the chance to take a summer class… pass it by.  even if your dad threatens to disown you.

a bike traveling at 40 mph and a bike traveling ~10 mph are about to enter the same area.  the bike can, and does easily stop to avoid certain death.  the car could not possibly stop, and doesnt.  does the bike have any right to be angry?  lets find out.

 

when crossing the street while walking/biking you:

A. wait behind something and dart out when you hear a car coming.

B. look both ways and, if no cars are coming, cross, still looking for a surprise (car, not treat).

C. just go across, pedestrians have the right-of-way.

D. do cartwheels and flips to catch drivers’ attention early, so they can speed up.

 

when approaching a corner when driving a car you:

A. speed up.  if your going to hit anything, best to kill it instantly.  especially if the dumbass is doing cartwheels and flips.

B. stop.  wait a minute or so, just to make sure nobody is going to cross the street.

C. wait a few more minutes, because there might be somebody coming.

D. look to make sure there are no idiots trying to hide behind something and keep going.

E. look to make sure the person about to cross didnt answer C to #1.  doesnt matter, you cant stop that fast anyway.

 

 for most people, answer B on question one would be considered correct.  for most people, question two is a trick question, because there is no answer that says “both D. and E.” wich, if it existed, would be chosen.

 combining the most common answers from questions one and two, my conclusion is that, while pedestrians have the right of way, and may, legally, cross the street whenever/wherever the hell they want, they, when challenged by a car, would still lose.  talk about being dead right.  and what good is being dead right?

 do you agree?  tell me about it.  disagree?  i dont care, but you can still tell me if you want.

i can make a bomb out of a stick of dynomite and a papertowel tube.  if all you have is toilet paper tubes, i could probably mcgyver it and still blow things up.