Hood's Winks – Life brings lots of questions (Feb. 11, 2015 issue)
How come so many drivers dont use turn signals? I mean, like, it really isnt all that hard, yknow? This is particularly irritating when you are waiting to turn left coming out of Walmart. You know that most of the cars approaching from your left are going to turn right, but you cant bet on that because their turn signals arent blinking. You have to sit there until nobody is coming at all.
Why do people drive gray cars on gray roads on rainy days without turning on their headlights? Are they nuts? Dont they realize nobody can see them? Are they trying to save a buck?
BTW, as I understand it, lights and wipers on rainy days are both required by law. So how come the police dont uphold these laws? One fine police officer told me its because new cars have lights that stay on all the time anyway. Surely they know some people drive 1997 vehicles like my beat-up old pickup?
How come so many women who are wonderful cooks decide to prepare something theyve never made before when company is coming for a big deal like Thanksgiving, Christmas or maybe theyre making it for a big shindig at church? Why dont they use one of the many recipes for which they are famous and which everybody just loves? You know, one of the recipes that theyve made for years and dont even have to look up? Why dont they use one of those? I dont understand that at all.
How can anybody take up two spaces parking one car, then walk off, evidently feeling no guilt at all?
Why in the world do teens go out on icy days dressed for summertime? One time I was speaking on stage at a college in AlaskaI swear this is all truein the middle of the winter. I looked down and there, sitting on the first row, was a male student wearing Bermuda shorts and a short-sleeved golf shirt. I couldnt believe it. I stopped mid-sentence and yelled (subtly) at him, You gonna freeze to death and die! He informed me that he was going to catch a plane to Florida as soon as I finished my speech. I will always wonder if he died on the way to the airport.
Recently, when the temperature and the wind speed were in the teens, I sat bundled up, huddled up and drinking hot coffee with friends my age at Steel Rails Coffee House. To my absolute amazement, there was a young lady in there wearing gym shorts! She was attractive and in good company (the person with her is in our church), yet there she was, headed out the door in shorts! I reverted to my automatic fall-back position and, once again, shouted You gonna freeze to death and die! She laughed, but I gotta admit she seemed to wonder a bit about my sanity. She was obviously comforted to find out that we knew her friend.
BTW, I shaved my entire head recentlyjust got tired of messing with what little hair I had left. I look a lot like a cone head. With a tattoo and an earring Id look like a member of Hells Angels. One of my coffee-drinking friends does not like it. Shes gonna be amazed to learn that I wonder why other people do weird things. On the other hand, shell be so grateful that I didnt mention her by name that she wont be (too) mad at me!