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Re: Daily gripe: better pretty that face before the accident

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From: MrKablooey�
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 00:00
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What's even more aggravating about this is that these are the people who get
to work and say, "Wow traffic was LIGHT this morning!  There was NOBODY out
there!"

Walt Horning wrote:
>I could not believe my eyes this morning on the way to work!!!!!!!
>
>Twenty or so cars are all bumper-to-bumper trying to pass in the left
>lane around slower traffic. I was second in line this morning. The
>car in front had a wide-open road ahead, but was simply not passing
>and barely moving the speed limit.
>
>Then I discovered why. This bitch, and I do mean bitch, had her
>rear-view mirror twisted so the she could *not* see there was a backup
>of cars behind her. Apparently she had twisted it to pretty her face,
>and then left it that way, not for a few seconds, but for several
>miles. The pack of cars finally got to pass her on the right when
>someone in the right lane exited the interstate.
>
>When I passed her, to add insult to injury, not only did she not give
>a damn about straightening her mirror to see the problems she was
>causing, but then she lit up a cigarette and did so in a very relaxed,
>ho-hum fashion, as if to say, "I don't give a damn about being in the
>passing lane and just taking my time and making life miserable for
>everyone else, I will just relax and light up."
>
>Well to this bitch, next time you pretty your face in the rear-view
>mirror and then don't give a damn, and then are unaware of your
>surroundings, you may just find yourself in a serious accident.
>Because if you go to swerve to avoid trouble or something on the road
>or whatever, then just maybe you'll swerve into that car you were
>unaware was there and was passing you on your left or right. Then the
>face you "prettied" up might not look so pretty after they pull you
>from the twisted wreck.
>
>
>
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Date: 1999/02/02
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