Monday, November 24, 2003
Flying coffee
Yesterday I was exiting a parking lot and turning on to a main road. A car on the main road approached with a large coffee mug perched on the roof above the driver. The traffic flow slowed so the driver slowed as well causing the mug to tumble, spilling its contents on the roof. It fell to the ground beside the car. I motioned to the driver, and told her about the coffee. Her response was: "So that's what that noise was!" She had no idea that she'd left her mug on the roof.
I did the same thing several years ago. I got four blocks from home with my coffee mug traveling on the roof. An oncoming driver flashed his lights about the same time as I heard the mug roll down the roof, dumping its contents on the back window of my car. Too bad it was winter (the coffee froze on the window) and the coffee contained milk and sugar (cloudy and sticky ice!). Since then I'm more careful about using the roof as a temporary table while I'm getting into the car.
I did the same thing several years ago. I got four blocks from home with my coffee mug traveling on the roof. An oncoming driver flashed his lights about the same time as I heard the mug roll down the roof, dumping its contents on the back window of my car. Too bad it was winter (the coffee froze on the window) and the coffee contained milk and sugar (cloudy and sticky ice!). Since then I'm more careful about using the roof as a temporary table while I'm getting into the car.
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