keeping a fingerhold on reality
I’m driving down the road this morning and I come to a stop when I see a man walking backwards onto the street.
A few seconds pass and then I see a second man walking forwards onto the street.
Between them, they are carrying a ten foot wide piece of plate glass.
I stare for a moment.
Then I put the car into “Park”, put my shaking hands into my lap, and repeat to myself, over and over again:
“This is not a movie. This is not a movie. This is not a movie…”
Because if it was…
I would have gunned the engine and smashed through that glass at top speed! Yee-HAW!
And then Danny Glover would have said, “I’m getting too old for this shit!”
And then we would all have ice cream!
…
I… may need to cut down on my sugar intake.
September 28th, 2006 at 5:58 am
and then you would have crashed into a street stall loaded up with vegetables…….and one lonely tomato would roll away into the sunset……..
September 28th, 2006 at 8:42 am
Oh, and I probably would have driven at least a block on the sidewalk, people diving left and right, but not a single person would have been hurt!
September 28th, 2006 at 12:54 pm
It would have been really cool, though, if you were following the elevated train tracks through the streets of New York while doing these things.
September 28th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
Man! That would be cool!
They got ice cream under those things?