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Alexander Rogge August 15th 06 02:36 AM

Sloth in parking lot
 
I was walking at a local shopping mall today when there was some Sloth
activity. A Honda Civic driver, with its high-beams on and its left
hand holding a phone, was parked in a No Parking zone in front of a
store. There were parking spaces less than 20 footsteps away, but the
Sloth blocked traffic as a passenger exited the vehicle and talked to
the driver through the window. A driver behind the Sloth waited for
oncoming traffic to pass and then moved to pass the Sloth. The Sloth
drove into him as he started passing, and he braked and honked at the
Sloth. The Sloth honked too, and then blocked the other side of the
street. As the passing driver swerved around on the right, the Sloth
drove on the wrong side of the street and turned into an aisle of
parking spaces, still busy with the phone.

There was also a Sloth driver near the mall that almost caused a
collision with me and a Civic driver behind me. The Sloth moved into a
right-turn lane and turned on its right-turn signal. As the Sloth was
slowing down to turn, I began passing it without accelerating. As I was
passing, the Sloth sped up and went left and straight, forcing me to
brake. I honked, but the Sloth also honked. Why did the Sloth honk
when there was nothing in front of it? There was no traffic behind the
Civic, so why didn't the Sloth wait for the cars to pass instead of
almost causing a collision and screaming "MFFY"?

Arif Khokar August 15th 06 02:44 AM

Sloth in parking lot
 
Alexander Rogge wrote:

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Weren't you the one who was run over by a sloth in the parking lot?

Alexander Rogge August 15th 06 04:40 AM

Sloth in parking lot
 
> Weren't you the one who was run over by a sloth in the parking lot?

Wasn't it a crosswalk? It happened again yesterday. I was about to
cross the street in the marked crosswalk when a minivan driver caused me
to wait. This Sloth had its chin on the top of the steering wheel and
was driving very slowly through the 30 zone at about 10, which is
probably because it was idling in "D".

brink August 15th 06 05:50 AM

Sloth in parking lot
 

"Alexander Rogge" > wrote in message
...
>> Weren't you the one who was run over by a sloth in the parking lot?

>
> Wasn't it a crosswalk? It happened again yesterday. I was about to cross
> the street in the marked crosswalk when a minivan driver caused me to
> wait. This Sloth had its chin on the top of the steering wheel and was
> driving very slowly through the 30 zone at about 10, which is probably
> because it was idling in "D".


I think the best thing you can do for people like that is a good sound
fender slap. Seriously. Wakes them up and next time around they are more
likely to be watching for pedestrians.

brink




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