I'm not so sure that everyone in the Columbus area agreed with me though. In fact... I'm positive they didn't.
I was on my way to work yesterday at just after 6:00am. Yes, I realize that is considered "supid early" in most cases. But, it's what I do... so be it. On my way down one of the two-lane side streets, I noticed there was a person right on my tail. Now, I was already going about 5 miles over the speed limit, and I was determined to not push it any further. So, the driver just had to stay behind me until we got to the main road that would take us to the freeway.
As I made the left turn on to the main road, the driver behind me flew past me on the right with her well manicured middle finger proudly displayed out her driver's side window (and a bumper sticker that said "Don't worry... Be happy!" on it... Oh, the irony). I thought, "Ok lady... whatever. You obviously are in a bigger hurry than I am... Have at it!"
And then we came to a red light.
She was in the left hand lane, and I was in the right.
I looked over at her, smiled my biggest smile, and waved like a lunatic. It was awesome!
The light turned green and we made it about two blocks before we came to another red light. She was quite obviously peeved that she didn't make it through the light without me because when I pulled up next to her, I could read the 4-letter words that were just pouring out of her mouth.
I smiled and waved again... This time laughing pretty hard.
She flipped me the bird again!
At that point, I figured I'd turn down another side street and take the back way to work. I had obviously made this woman's commute to work a rough one. And I enjoyed every minute of it!
On my way home from work yesterday, as I was once again attempting to make my way to the freeway, I came upon a older model purple Kia Sportage. The reason I mention the color of the vehicle is because again, the irony just kills me. On the rear window of this purple Kia Sportage was a giant sign that said, "I used to be gay... But then I found Jesus!"
I thought, "Dude. No matter how loud and obnoxious your damn sign is... The color of your vehicle suggests otherwise".
As I was passing the car on the right, admitedly, laughing pretty hard... I took a look at the driver. I'd say he was in his upper 50's and looked like a mix between a Hell's Angel and Santa Clause.
I laughed a little harder.
He too, flipped me the bird.
I guess it was just one of those "flipping-the-bird" kind of days.
