Vaguely Dangerous Liaisons
As I biked home from work this evening, I stopped at a red light next to an elderly woman in a car. She looked up at me and rolled down her window. I figured she wanted to ask for directions or something of the sort.
Elderly Woman: This is really all quite dangerous.
zalm: Excuse me?
EW: (gesturing towards me) It’s dangerous to be like this.
zalm: Like what? On a bike?
EW: (gesturing towards the inside of her car) It’s dangerous to be like this, too.
zalm: (glancing up and wondering when the light will turn green) Actually, I feel quite safe on my bike.
EW: (waving her hand indeterminately in front of us) But look at them! They’re all doing their own thing. It’s dangerous.
zalm: (as the light turns green) You’re right, Ma’am. You should be very careful with them.
EW: (as I begin to pedal away) Be safe, young man!
Now, if this had been Shakespeare, she would have been a bit more specific with her ominous portents. But I’m not in Shakespeare.
Apparently, I’m in Kafka.
4 Ripples from “Vaguely Dangerous Liaisons”
Jim says:
October 6, 2005 at 10:10 pm
I wish I could type out the sound a theremin makes. That would be perfect.
Muser says:
October 7, 2005 at 12:10 pm
Maybe she was trying to warn you about the cheese.
zalm says:
October 7, 2005 at 12:11 pm
Learning from My Mistakes, Part 2,190:
Make sure to swallow your coffee completely before clicking on ripples left by funny people.
Jim says:
October 7, 2005 at 3:11 pm
Luckily I wasn’t drinking any coffee just now as I read Muser’s comment. That would have been a nose hose for sure!
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