Posted by bil on April 18, 2007, at 17:08:22
In reply to Sometimes it makes things funny, posted by Racer on April 18, 2007, at 15:58:09
Yeah, I was reading in a novel a few weeks ago where the main character would do that- and it was funny, so I've tried it a few times as well.
Something along the lines of, "Ok, I missed my bus and was really late for something I really needed to be on time for-
BUT if I'd HAD caught the bus it would have been hijacked by a deluded confederate soldier, (who has been hiding out in the wilds of Alabama or some such place for 150-ish years not realising that the war is OVER) and being totally confused by the finer points of driving in 21st century traffic he causes an enormous pile-up which results in me being paralysed from the neck down in a wheelchair, at the mercy of my parents who torture me by dragging me to church TWICE every Sunday, as well as to every bible-study prayer-meeting hellish tedious sermon within a 100 mile radius.... aarrrggghhh!!!Gosh- I'm really lucky I missed that bus.
bil
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