Sunday, October 16, 2011

You need the internet to play this game...

Greetings one and everyone. Once upon a time I started blogging then I took a vacation because... well I don't have the Internet at home. Somewhere (that is not here) I have a list of things I wanted to write about. I can't remember most of them so here are some things, that are not those things, to read about.

The radio station I listen to often refers to car accidents as if they are epic, planned battles between different forms of vehicles which basically forces me to conclude that Transformers are involved.
Examples:
"Avoid north Powers between Random St. and Arbitrarily Named Blvd. as there is slowing 'curiosity' traffic from a car vs. motorcycle accident..." (I believe that particular curiosity is rooted in the desire to avoid hitting the people involved and debris... curiosity may not be a choice word there. I suggest that "courtious" or possibly "responsible" slowing is more fitting.)
"We are seeing general clogging on A Street That Serves in My Example and Drive-by Lane as crews work to clear a car vs. street sweeper accident..." (TRUE STORY)

How can you listen to that and not imagine a couple of Transformers dueling it out on the streets of Co Springs. It's hard to say... Do you really think the people driving those vehicles are thinking, "Oh look, a fellow wheeled transportation vessel. I don't like the way that thing is obeying the rules of the road and using its turn signals. How dare you politely inform me that you are turning soon but are cautiously assessing your surroundings before proceeding to the turn lane. BATTLE ME you upstanding citizen of the United States!!! We shall use guard rails and other cars as boundary lines. No touching of the passengers or poorly done pin striping." No. No, that is not how those kinds of things go down. They use those terms because Autobots are hard at work defending our planet from Deceptacons. I saw all three movies and I know that when humans are in danger Autobots are always there to defend Truth, Justice, and the Shia LaBeouf way. This is the reality we live in. I'm sorry I'm not sorry that I understand the facts and the language radio personalities use. They think that because they are on the radio and no one can see them that I can't intuit the air quotes that accompany the word "accident". Did they mean for me to interpret? It's hard to say...

Ummm in the interest of appearing very good at blogging I will end this one and probably write another one.

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