"Hey you kids! Don't go playing in traffic!"
The traffic reporters in the Bay Area are remarkably thorough.
In addition to telling radio listeners about the locations of accidents and stalled cars, our local traffic reporters give updates on the foreign objects in the road.
This has amused and delighted us since we moved out here, and we keep a list on the refrigerator door. Here's just a tiny excerpt:
someone's garage door
a man in a gorilla suit, waving at motorists
a bathtub
a turkey
a bunch of metal
a bunch of garbage
ten baby ducklings
45,000 gallons of water
a big roll of tarp that is unrolling
a ladder
hot tar
a refrigerator box
live wires
metal pipes rolling around
a ladder
oil
a momma duck and her baby ducklings
a ladder
fiberglass
a shovel
some wooden palettes
a sod clean up
an alligator
it isn't a christmas tree, it's a garbage can
plastic bottles
metal grates
cats off to the side of the road
the first ladder of the evening
a load of previously smashed cars
a fist-fight
You get the idea.
Last Saturday, Robb and I were driving on the freeway, at a particularly tricky merge area. One lane to our right, and slightly ahead of us was a vehicle pulling a very small U-Haul trailer. As we all drove along, we noticed that the door to the trailer was not secured, and was starting to swing open. You could see all the nearby drivers tense up.
But when the door swung open and revealed four kid goats, I'm not sure who looked more stunned, the motorists or the goats.
Thankfully, everyone nearby took it upon themselves to alert the goat-hauler, and he pulled over before his cargo could hop out into traffic.
In addition to telling radio listeners about the locations of accidents and stalled cars, our local traffic reporters give updates on the foreign objects in the road.
This has amused and delighted us since we moved out here, and we keep a list on the refrigerator door. Here's just a tiny excerpt:
someone's garage door
a man in a gorilla suit, waving at motorists
a bathtub
a turkey
a bunch of metal
a bunch of garbage
ten baby ducklings
45,000 gallons of water
a big roll of tarp that is unrolling
a ladder
hot tar
a refrigerator box
live wires
metal pipes rolling around
a ladder
oil
a momma duck and her baby ducklings
a ladder
fiberglass
a shovel
some wooden palettes
a sod clean up
an alligator
it isn't a christmas tree, it's a garbage can
plastic bottles
metal grates
cats off to the side of the road
the first ladder of the evening
a load of previously smashed cars
a fist-fight
You get the idea.
Last Saturday, Robb and I were driving on the freeway, at a particularly tricky merge area. One lane to our right, and slightly ahead of us was a vehicle pulling a very small U-Haul trailer. As we all drove along, we noticed that the door to the trailer was not secured, and was starting to swing open. You could see all the nearby drivers tense up.
But when the door swung open and revealed four kid goats, I'm not sure who looked more stunned, the motorists or the goats.
Thankfully, everyone nearby took it upon themselves to alert the goat-hauler, and he pulled over before his cargo could hop out into traffic.
Comments
Cheers!
Rhea
Gad XX
No relation, I assure you...
-wassamatta_u
Do you suppose the traffic reporters were taking really effective hallucinogens that day? Or was someone pre-dying their luxury fiber in advance of a textile exhibit?
O.k., o.k, I know goats bleat and don't "baaaa", but really, they can sound similar and if a few bad puns are all it takes to get me through V-Day, then who am I to cast self-directed aspersion?
Speaking of - Happy LOVE Day , you two!
You are paragons of models in the love category and I Love You both very very much!
Kisses and healthy red juicy things....
Gina
Martha
Annalisa
And - what wonderful wildlife and photos! Beautiful!
And - your job seems so neat! I am envious.
And - Congratulations on the return of tingling in your feet!
Love, Gina