Kee-rist! I almost ran over some dumb bastard at lunch!

[Hobarticus]

I live close to a small college in my town. I drove home for lunch, and on the way back to work, I take one street between the dorms and the classrooms. I'm used to students darting out in front of me, so I'm crawling along anyway.

Two students are standing on the curb up ahead of me, one has iPod earbuds in, and right as I'm about to come even with them, iPod steps out into the street, not even looking at me. He's a foot off my bumper. By the time I stopped, after locking them up, he was even with my passenger-side door. It snowed here yesterday, there's ice and the streets are wet, and I felt myself sliding. He almost ran into ME.

So what this stupid bastard do?

He talks trash at me. Arms wide open, starts running off his piehole. At me.

So I open my door and yell out, "pull your head out and pay attention, jackass!". Some other students who were walking up saw the whole thing, and after I said that they burst out laughing. iPod beat it. His buddy was in hysterics, laughing his ass off at iPod's expense.

I know I'm supposed to be the cooler head, being an adult and being in a car, but fer fuck's sake. I almost ran this jackass over because of his stupidity, and he's copping 'tude AT ME?

What a wonderful holiday season that would've made.

:mad:

[KitchenWitch]

1. I hate to say it

but I laughed my ass off at your story, especially since everyone else present laughed about it!

[Hobarticus]

3. Well, it is kind of funny...

I'm sure iPod was putting on airs to save face.

[Loonman]

2. That's a riot

I see so many near misses of dumb college kids while I'm safe back on the sidewalk, watching both right and left for an opening or the light to change. Some of these dorks think they're invincible and just wade right out into traffic.

I'm in Boston; if you're not in the crosswalk, you're fair game, and you will be cited and ticketed for the offense if you get hit by a car, and the driver's insurance company can sue you for damages to the car.

[seemunkee]

4. You need a trunk monkey

http://www.sillyhumor.com/trunkmonkey/

[Hobarticus]

6. My kingdom for a trunk monkey, in a case like this...

Now THAT would be a story that no one would believe.

"Dude! Dirk almost got clipped by this car...and then this ape or something got out of the trunk, beat him up, and downloaded Wayne Newton onto his iPod!"

[nini]

5. I hate it when the person at fault starts yelling like it's your fault

dumbasses....

[underpants]

7. Do you live in Stars Hollow?

They NEVER look when they cross the street there.

[Hobarticus]

8. They don't teach Crossing the Street 101 at Stars Hollow, either?

Apparently getting hit by a car is all the rage on campus, these days.