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Written by Tom H.
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Friday, 11 April 2008 21:45 |
Back in the day, when I was a smoker, I used to pride myself on my ability to drive without honking or flipping people off. I used to honk a someone maybe once every two years, and thought the solution to Road Rage was tobacco. Surely a slow death due to emphysema or cancer would be preferable to a quick one in an accident or at the wrong end of a gun, yes?
More recently, shortly after I quit smoking I was listening to a greatest hits old-school hip hop CD set that contains a song by Grand Master Flash called " The Message" that really captured my emotions at the time. The chorus goes like this: "It's like a jungle sometimes I wonder how I keep from going under. Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge, I'm trying my best not to lose my head."
I lost all desire to smoke long ago but those feelings of anxiety - and the lyrics to that song - do return at times. Specifically, I get frustrated with people who are talking on their cell phones when driving, stop at a stop light, and then don't go when the light turns green. It surprised me when recently I honked at two people doing this in a single day! Don't these people know that driving while talking on cell phones is just as dangerous as driving while drunk? The mythbusters proved this in episode 33. Please just don't push me people, and we'll get along just fine!
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Last Updated on Sunday, 13 April 2008 13:52 |
