Showing posts with label cell phones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cell phones. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Old Cell Drunk

There is a game that I play whenever I'm out driving around town. It's great fun, so I thought I'd share. I think it's the modern day equivalent of the old punchbug game from when we were kids. Here's how you play:

First, you'll need to find an Old Cell Drunk car. Here's how you spot them:
  • OCD cars usually drive at or below the posted speed limit
  • OCD cars drive at the same speed as the car in the lane next to them, thus preventing the cars behind them from passing either of them
  • OCD cars leave significantly more space between their car and the car in front of them than their speed would require
  • OCD cars sometimes cross over the lines of their lane, but aren't changing lanes.

I think you get the picture.

Once you spot one, you have to guess: old person, cell phone, or drunk.

Now, if you're one of those people who doesn't play little mental games like this while you're driving: GET OFF THE PHONE!!!

I know you think you can multi-task. You can't. No really. You can't. "But I've never been close to getting into an accident," you say. No sh*t. That's because you're driving 15 miles an hour slower than everybody else and there's enough room for an aircraft carrier between you and the car in front of you!

Don't believe me? Play the game. Go on, do it. Drive around and see if you can pick out the schmuck on his cell phone long before you actually confirm the cell phone. I'll bet you can. Because when you're not playing the game... you are the game. Now hang up the phone.

(Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna lose a few followers here, but it had to be done.)

Cheers!