How to Almost Die While Waiting for AAA

Robert Farago
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A sense of humor will get you through anything . . .


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  • Psarhjinian Psarhjinian on Nov 02, 2009
    “Get off my lawn” seems to be a mantra around here. You beat me to the reference. People make two basic assumptions about themselves: a) that they're smarter than average and b) that people have gotten measurably "worse" since whatever their birth year was, plus fifteen to twenty-five years, which is interesting, since it covers about three or four active generations. By that logic, we're all complete degenerates versus those born 150 years ago. What actually happens is that people tend to forget that a) there are always silly, thoughless or flat-out stupid people and b) nostalgia is always viewed through rose-coloured glasses.
  • Stephan Wilkinson Stephan Wilkinson on Nov 02, 2009

    That's interesting. A couple of days ago, I heard an interview with someone on NPR, can't remember who, and the two numbers that were mentioned--three actually--were that something like 70 percent of all Americans think they're smarter than the average American. And that 80 percent think they're more attractive than the average. What does this mean? "That 90 percent of American are idiots," said the interviewee. I can't vouch for his math, but I think he's right...

  • Stephan Wilkinson Stephan Wilkinson on Nov 02, 2009

    That's interesting. A couple of days ago, I heard an interview with someone on NPR, can't remember who, and the two numbers that were mentioned--three actually--were that something like 70 percent of all Americans think they're smarter than the average American. And that 80 percent think they're more attractive than the average. What does this mean? "That 90 percent of American are idiots," said the interviewee. I can't vouch for his math, but I think he's right... And good lord, there really is an antiduckface.com!

  • Slow_Joe_Crow Slow_Joe_Crow on Nov 02, 2009

    I hope this was tongue in cheek, because if not it is a remarkable display of self centered drama queen helplessness. Regarding the roll down the window bit, the car probably has power windows and a dead battery, plus she can't call OnStar to tell her how to open the doors. And while I can't speak for any current teens, since my daughter is only 6,when she was in high school my younger sister, who I considered a bit of a princess would have handled this by rolling down the windows of the non a/c manual transmission car she drove and talking somebody into either a jump start or a push start.

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