Stuck Sucks
When you get stuck, is it better to go forward or go back to get unstuck?It sucks driving over a curb. I'm not talking about the edge of a sidewalk curb - that happens all the time. I'm talking about those annoying individual 5 foot wide concrete parking space divider curbs that are engineered to HIDE from your line of site when you get back in the car. Not only do they hide. They lurk they do oh yes they lie in wait.
It sucks because when you hear the screech of the metal undercarriage of the car being dragged over the cement log, there is no one to pin blame on other than yourself. It's all you. You got in the car. You stepped on the gas. And now you are stuck. Over a goddamn curb.
The ensuing moments of quiet stillness hang in the air and mock your oblivious bravado. You are left to agonize the lesser of two jarring options: DRIVE or REVERSE. Do I slam on the gas and go forward, power over this fucker and risk ripping the muffler off right now? Or do I throw it into reverse, double the damage to the already scraped underbelly and accept the fact that there is now a 98% chance that the engine will begin to ooze black slimey shit all over the floor of your garage?
So: forward or back.
Ah curbs. Like life, they afford the opportunity for reflection.
I guess you sit there for a while, look around to see who has witnessed your dumbass move, mull things over, panic a little and then just pick one. My vote is for forward.
posted by gracegow @ 4:22 PM
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