My mother was once stopped by a policeman who firmly instructed her that she should have a "complete sensation of movement" when she came to a stop sign. Not wanting to cause trouble, she nodded and saved up the story to be told later, and I now think of it almost every single time I come to a stop sign. And I come to a stop with a sense of thumbing my nose at that guy. "Hah! No sensation of movement now!"
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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Emily - Feb 12, 2009 10:10:22 am PST #791 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Polter-Cow - Feb 12, 2009 10:27:34 am PST #792 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
When I was in driver's ed, my instructor used the rhyme, "If you don't feel the rock, you ain't stopped." Which is what I always think about when I actually come to a complete stop and feel the rock backward.
SuziQ - Feb 12, 2009 10:33:16 am PST #793 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
From driver's ed, 25 years ago - "You must come to a full and complete stop, at or before the crosswalk or limit line". I wish that didn't echo in my head this many years later. Get out, get out, get out.
Polter-Cow - Feb 12, 2009 10:38:15 am PST #794 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
"You must come to a full and complete stop, at or before the crosswalk or limit line".
Well, that doesn't just roll off the tongue.
brenda m - Feb 12, 2009 10:40:45 am PST #795 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My driver's ed guy was a little different from yours, Suzi. I think he was from Mississippi. Not that that matters except for the accent I hear him in. Direct quote relating to safe stopping distances: "Now, if I see a blind person in the intersection, I'm gonna give him some room. I don't know about no te-eeen feet, though."
The section on long-distance driving began "Say you goin' down to Memphis for the dawg races."
Emily - Feb 12, 2009 10:48:38 am PST #796 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
He sounds like fun! I had Mr. SillyName, who wore silly pants. I know it's not kind to make fun of him, but boy he was... silly.
Glamcookie - Feb 12, 2009 11:05:31 am PST #797 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I just told two co-workers how I sing "Mama's little baby loves shortening shortening" to my kitten boy Caspie (he loves it, btw). I think I have to kill them now, eh?
Connie Neil - Feb 12, 2009 11:06:41 am PST #798 of 30000
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What I remember of Mr. Schaeffer the driver ed teacher was him singing along with "Lucille" on the radio as a I drove.
"You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille!"
Laga - Feb 12, 2009 11:09:46 am PST #799 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Birthday happies to Kristin and Maria!
Sean K - Feb 12, 2009 11:17:08 am PST #800 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Happiest of birthdays to two of my favorite women, Kristin and Maria!
And happy birthday to Charles Darwin.