I'll bet I'm the only one who.....

[Fig Neutron]

I bet I'm the only one who...

-Merged onto the CA-2 freeway last night, after midnight, and watched his hood fly up, breaking his windshield.

Really happened last night, Emerson?  (well, don't care if it was EXACTLY last night).  Like to hear that story.

And 'Cutout,' I REALLY wanna know that story.  Been pondering that all day.

[Emerson]

After midnight, Pacific, so it was technically today.

I got in my car to drive home, and it wouldn't start. "Click, click, click." I'd had problems with the battery, so I popped the hood and noticed that it had jostled out of position. I moved it around, heard the "ding ding ding" telling me the door was open. I dropped the hood (as quietly as I could, since I was in a calm residential area) and drove off.

As I merged onto the freeway, I heard a sucking wind sound. The hood flew back, hitting the windshield and cracking it. I reached for the flashers (hitting the defroster instead). I sloooowly pulled to the shoulder, which didn't really exist here. As the car stopped, the battery died again, killing the lights. To get the hood to close again, I had to beat the bigger dents out with my fist. Meanwhile, other cars whizzed past, leaning on their horns.

I doubt this happened to you, and I'm glad. If you're interested in buying a '91 Corolla, hit me off list.

[Forrest]

Jeez, glad you're okay, Emerson. That sounds scary as hell.

Here's mine:

....had a monkey leap through a window of an open-air restaurant in Africa and steal my breakfast toast.

[Gilly]

Jeez, glad you're okay, Emerson. That sounds scary as hell.

Here's mine:

....had a monkey leap through a window of an open-air restaurant in Africa and steal my breakfast toast.

I bet your right, but I bet everybody wishes that happened to them!

[Fig Neutron]

The worst was..."As I was merging."  Ugh.  It's really like myself and anyone I've ever talked to have had 'Near Death' driving experiences.  I'll save mine for another day.  As it certainly was not THIS MORNING!  Yikes!  Friggin' YIKES!

[Beth]

Am I the only one who was raised vegetarian?

I was!

That's good to know, Emily! Growing up, I felt pretty lonely in my school lunchroom. Honestly, all I wanted when I was a kid was to have a ham and cheese sandwich on  Wonderbread in my lunch...but now I'm pretty happy with the eating habits my parents instilled in me. Not the skirt thing, though. I get that my mom didn't think it was practical, but I'm a girl dammit! I just wanted to look pretty.

[dania]

I'll bet I'm the only one who has to light their stove and oven with a lighter.  Oh, this primitive apartment...  Thank gyod there's no orange crates up in here. 

[Andy]

only one who worea tux tonight.

[cutout]

And 'Cutout,' I REALLY wanna know that story.  Been pondering that all day.

I dunno, I spent a few years compulsively inspecting the tooth with my tongue, thinking everyone had one at the top of their mouth. Plus it was super sharp and impossible not to play with. I was shy back then so I never told my parents about it and I refused to visit the dentist so he never knew. I can't even remember how the word got out, but the surgery to remove it was, let's just say, kind of an experience.

[Emily]

Jeez, glad you're okay, Emerson. That sounds scary as hell.

Here's mine:

....had a monkey leap through a window of an open-air restaurant in Africa and steal my breakfast toast.

Lucky!!

[Fig Neutron]

And 'Cutout,' I REALLY wanna know that story.  Been pondering that all day.

I dunno, I spent a few years compulsively inspecting the tooth with my tongue, thinking everyone had one at the top of their mouth. Plus it was super sharp and impossible not to play with. I was shy back then so I never told my parents about it and I refused to visit the dentist so he never knew. I can't even remember how the word got out, but the surgery to remove it was, let's just say, kind of an experience.

Absolutely.  I'm sure for me as a kid it would just be a funky little thing that I'd flip my tongue around--how the heck would I even think it was an anomaly?  Just something that's there (in fact, now my tongue is completely obsessed with the intricacies of my gums!)

[mokin]

...erases about a third of his posts within the first hour.  (I don't know)

Not this one you won't!   

The funny thing is that I think he had a post in the same spot that he DID erase.

Or at least someone did. Maybe it wasn't Dorvid.

[Dorvid Barnas]

No, that was me. 

[Trotskie]

... until age 16 or so truly believed that Mt. Rushmore was a naturally occurring phenomena- carved over time by wind and erosion.

[Wes]

... until age 16 or so truly believed that Mt. Rushmore was a naturally occurring phenomena- carved over time by wind and erosion.

I would like to hear the story of how you found out the horrible truth.