It’s my friend Lloyd’s birthday today. We met on the Internet almost 9 years ago and have never met, due primarily to us both living in different countries.
Never once through the years did either of us imagine that we’d end up living in the same country. But all that’s going to change this weekend, we’re going to drop in for his 40th Birthday Party on the weekend. How exciting!
So, Happy Birthday Lloyd, hope you’re having an awesome day! See you soon.
This morning’s post regarding an idiot driver has apparently rendered me a “whiney douchebag”. *chuckle*
Someone out there in the ‘blogosphere’ came across my post, and is driving an inordinate amount of traffic my way, and in doing so driving my statistics for that entry through the roof.
According to domain registries the insult and traffic is all being fed via a site that was either registered or is hosted in Budapest, but apparently run by a company/individual located in Boise, ID, USA, and there’s also a link through to Frisco, TX.
It all just keeps landing back in the land of George W. Bush. Anyone see a pattern?
Insult aside, it’s a fairly interesting site.
So if I’m a douchebag for the day, I’m happy to wear it. I’ve a point of view, I put it across, and I don’t expect everyone to agree with, nor support my opinion.
So thanks “whoever you are”, you’ve certainly made the day interesting, and increased traffic over here.
Cheers!
I’ve never actually wished actual harm on anyone. So I’m not about to start now, but there’s a driver out the road today, who with any luck, and that’s luck for those of us who have to share the road with this moron, will wrap himself around a tree.
Many times in the past I’ve mentioned the sheer laziness / stupidity of some of the drivers here. A large majority of them, from what I’ve seen are mainly on the East side of Lake Washington, and have no clue of what a turning signal is, nor do they have any comprehension of driving etiquette.
In fact you almost have to be psychic to know when they’re going to change lanes, turn a corner, or my personal favourite (insert sarcasm) accelerate to stop you changing lanes.
The “lane block’ is what I experienced this morning.
On the way home from dropping Mark off, some absolute moron, who’s genepool apparently needs a shock dose of chlorine, decided that not only would he accelerate to try and cut me off, which would have forced me off the road, had I not accelerated harder to maintain traction on a paved surface, he then slowed down, changed lanes behind me and then tried to cut me off from the other side of the car. Apparently he was oblivious that lane he changed into ended abruptly with a concrete gutter.
He very nearly had an accident himself, and I’m guessing he probably did, one that will require laundering.
A complete maniac! Complete with honking horn, highbeam headlights with which were rendered useless by the auto dimming mirrors. I can honestly say that I did nothing that could be considered as a catalyst to this dose of road rage. I merely followed my lane, indicated my intentions to merge, and I was the leading car at the time by at least 2 car lengths. But, it seems that this fool was the sort of person that just can’t live without being in front of everyone.
I like to be the first off at the lights too, but come on…
His final effort, when I was stopped at the next set of traffic lights was to pull up beside me in a turning lane, honk the horn and stick his finger up. Which much to his disgust I laughed at, probably only making him angrier.
Why did I laugh? Well it turns out his intentions were not to turn, but to be abusive. But being in a right turn only lane he was further detoured from his journey to be the first car anywhere, and forced to turn right, and remember, I said it was raining.
His last effort to annoy/insult me by sticking his hand out of the window and giving me the finger only achieved his being further annoyed by my laughing, and that he got a wet arm, and I’d assume shoulder and interior of the car.
So to you, IDIOT in the white car, who’s registration I’d dearly love to share, or forward to the Police if only for the safety of others.
May you have the sort of day that you deserve, and I hope your wheels fall off.
At least that way you’re not liable to endanger or injure anyone else on the roads.
There’s a light at the end of your tunnel, it’s the Karma Train, and it’s coming to get you.
