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February 11, 2008
A D.C. Transportation Staple and a little Gust or Two...
Are you familiar with the whole concept of “slugging?” Nearly every day, I see people who work in D.C. line up to get in cars belonging to total strangers (who also happen to work in D.C.). The total strangers then drive the passengers to far away, yet commutable places (i.e. Southern Virginia) and enjoy the luxury of driving in the HOV/Carpool lanes. I don’t know if the passengers chip in for gas or what, but I find this whole long-standing practice somewhat baffling. Do any of these people wind up dead (as in murdered)? I can’t believe a slugger isn’t picked off every now and then. Then again, I saw a very well-dressed, middle-aged pedestrian trying to find his way out of a pretty bad neighborhood last night, so I just ended up driving him to his final destination.
In other news, Mother Nature has a nasty case of gas. It doesn’t smell back here, but sure feels like a mini-hurricane. Get it? Mother Nature farts and that causes it to be windy? I’ll be here all week.
Comments
Wow, that slugging thing is weird. I would be a nervous wreck doing that...
Posted by: LisaBinDaCity at February 11, 2008 08:18 PM
Yeah, and there's a lot of muggers who dress up like well-dressed middle-aged gentlemen, walk around looking hapless, and wait for a benevolent sucker to pick them up ...
Posted by: Heimhenge at February 12, 2008 06:05 PM
Indeed, Heimhenge! Could have turned out badly, but it didn't, so all is well! (Aside from not feeling great the last two days).
Posted by: Fool at February 12, 2008 06:09 PM
