Re: Hope everyone is on their way home

Les Klassen Hamm wrote:
> Steven Kurylo wrote:
>>> I was mildly amused how little bit of snow freaks out folks who aren't
>>> used to it.
>>
>> Most people seem to think the answer to their tires slipping is giving
>> the car more gas. Seriously.
>>
>> When we got a couple feet of snow a couple months ago, I started
>> parking cars for people at work. They would sit there spinning their
>> tires, giving it more gas. Then some more gas.
>
> The people who live in the little apt block beside me, all students,
> uniformly seem to believe this is true too. It should also be noted
> that first you should turn your wheel all the way to the right or the
> left, since that is the way you want to go, then gun it.
>
> The other day 4 young men from that building were "stuck" in the back
> alley. For 20 minutes I could hear them revving the engine, pushing
> and pulling. I offered to help. Since the driver had never heard of
> rocking the car, I offered to get behind the wheel. I just drove out.
> I don't think they learned a thing. I think they are better off paying
> a tow truck to solve their problems - they might learn faster.
>
> And this explains why Windows is ubiquitous. If something doesn't do
> what you want it to, don't think, just find someone to pay.
>
> Wait a second, that's how I get a lot of my income. Never mind.
>
> Les...
Fun Fact: People are stupid ;). I don't know if it's the high amount of
carbon monoxide in the air preventing people from thinking straight, or
the television/media that brainwashes people to be without a
consciousness of their own, but I'm a firm believer that many people are
idiots because they choose to be. The "get the car out of the snow"
scenario is a perfect example of this ;)

Reid
Received on Wed Jan 10 17:14:57 2007