Friday, April 17, 2009

Open Letters

Dear Person Sitting At On-Ramp Signal:
 
Fascinating, isn't it?  How the light goes from Red to Green and back to Red SO FAST!  I can see how you might have missed that, three times in a row.  It's OK, though--I, for one, was not born knowing how on-ramp signals work, either.  And besides, you weren't in my lane, so, what the hell do I care?
 
 
 
Dear Person Stuck Behind On-Ramp Signal Virgin:
 
Clearly, I was in a much better position than you were, to enjoy the hilarity of someone sitting indefinitely at an on-ramp signal light, so, forgive me for laughing.  I must say, you demonstrated extreme patience in waiting until the second signal was missed before laying on the horn, however, passing someone on an on-ramp once they finally figure out that they are supposed to GO ALREADY is not recommended.  It would be lovely if morning commutes never involved me wincing in anticipation of a disaster directly ahead of me.  Luckily, I was in a stopped position at the time you made your daring move, so I could close my eyes.  The lack of crashing noises was an unexpected delight!  Nice drivin'!

6 comments:

  1. Reminds me I have a traffic post brewing in my head too.... and WTF is up with the "Sunshine Slowdown" Do people not own sunglasses & have visors installed in their cars???????????????????????????????????????????

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  2. I'm a bit of a sunshine slowdown person myself, even though the sunglasses never leave my head, and I do have a visor. I blame the FILTHY windsheild. Perhaps I will send a kid out there with a bottle of Windex and a roll of paper towels. After all, it is mostly their footprints that I'm looking at! Don't ask...

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  3. Are the on ramp lights particular to MN? I've never seen them anywhere else.

    I'm with you on the weird things sunlight does through a filthy window.

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  4. nope, we gots them here in Madison Wis......

    and I have to admit, I'm one of those on-ramp daydreamers. 'Course, in general I'm a daydreamy-ish driver, so . . . well, really, I got nothin'..... I know I get cursed at. Sorry.

    In other news, I fell down at the LYS and spent $140. Does it help that 8 of it was coffee or not?

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  5. Did you fall down, or did somebody pick you up and shake you until all the money fell out of your pockets?

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  6. nope. entirely "can't make up my mind on a colorway" driven.......

    love em all, even after I got 'em home....yay!!

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