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Posts: 49397 07/06/08 06:09 PM CoAdmin.w/Grace06 |
Sometimes when I'm driving alone, I'll be listening to the radio, or a recording, and it'll be something funny enough to make me laugh out loud.
Has that ever happened to you? If so, do you alarm other motorists? And what do you do if the other motorist is a policeman? |
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Posts: 746 07/06/08 08:15 PM IB1 can know ya |
I have laughed at funny things I heard on the radio while driving alone.
Quite frankly even if I alarm other drivers or a policeman I am not concerned .............. I would be concerned if the police officer thought I was looking at him and he thought I was laughing at him. The point I am making is I am not visually interacting with other drivers so it is doubtful they would think my laughing was at them. |
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Posts: 1517 07/06/08 11:24 PM Smart Student |
I try to look straight ahead so no one thinks that it's at them.
It's the .3 seconds of pure panic I experience whenever I sneeze at the wheel that really worries me.
"The symmetry of form attainable in pure fiction cannot so readily be achieved in a narration essentially having less to do with fable than with fact. Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges; hence the conclusion of such a narration is apt to be less finished than an architectual finial." -Herman Melville
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Posts: 2394 07/06/08 11:59 PM Interpreter |
Cass,
It's the .3 seconds of pure panic I experience whenever I sneeze at the wheel that really worries me. And I thought I was the only one who experienced that! I can't sneeze with my eyes turned on. But in truth, it's my joke, and I don't even get it. --- Sear |
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Posts: 406 07/07/08 12:51 AM Black Belt in Minutiae
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I think that's universal. It seems to me I read somewhere that it's physically impossible to keep one's eyes open during a sneeze.
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Posts: 25547 07/07/08 03:59 AM Earth
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I have done that and to the point I won't even listen to a Jeff Foxworthy tape. I would laugh so hard I did have people staring at me.
When I used to tan I would listen to tapes too. If it was him or someone funny I would be laughing hysterically while in the tanning bed. (People in the house would wonder what in the world I was hysterical at) If I was in the car I tried not to pay attention to any one around me. I started listening to Native/American music instead of funny things. Oh Six |
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Posts: 1520 07/08/08 11:08 AM Smart Student |
And I thought I was the only one who experienced that! I can't sneeze with my eyes turned on. -SherDoes it always happen at the worst time, like a major merge or at your exit, too? It seems to always occur at a bad time with me.
"The symmetry of form attainable in pure fiction cannot so readily be achieved in a narration essentially having less to do with fable than with fact. Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges; hence the conclusion of such a narration is apt to be less finished than an architectual finial." -Herman Melville
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Posts: 1827 07/08/08 01:56 PM Minister |
How do I handle laughter in my car. Well, I allow it in small amounts. No flailing about and uproarious laughter that will disrupt the driver. Small snickers
and giggles are fine. Maniacal outbursts are deffinitly discouraged. And can result in the offending party being ejected from the car.
"A world without string is chaos" Rudolf Smuntz
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Posts: 49474 07/09/08 07:03 AM CoAdmin.w/Grace06 |
Cass,
It used to irritate me that when I'd go to a (relatively fancy) restaurant, where the waitress would check up on me, they'd always approach me when my mouth was full of food. It seemed never to fail. It took me decades to figure out, almost always when I'm in a restaurant I'm there because I'm in a hurry, and didn't have time to eat at home. So I'm at the restaurant, eating as fast as I can, so my mouth is always full. "It seems to always occur at a bad time with me." Cass I suspect what's really going on is, you laugh in the car more than you realize, but you tend to notice it less when driving is clear, safe, and easy. "No flailing about and uproarious laughter that will disrupt the driver." EG Though it may not have been clearly specified, I thought the premise was that there were no passengers. Lucky thing I'm not merging ... |
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