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[CortJstr]

I would've gone with "kinky synergy" but maybe Ray doesn't know that word.

And Pat needs a grammar lesson. "System Of A Down" indeed. Tsk tsk.

[V-Adore]

I would've gone with "kinky synergy" but maybe Ray doesn't know that word.

I think "kinky synthesis" is funnier, though. It sounds like a procedure from one of those sci-fi porno films from the '70's -- you know, like Space Thing? Something they have to do when they can't find enough cumlithium crystals to get the warp drive (er... "sex warp drive") going again.

[melack]

I still have a little "thingie" of Jagermeister I got for my birthday last year. It's about half full, the first sip having been taken when I first got it. Never did finish it. That stuff is the Gateway to Terrible Things.

Also, what the heck is a Napoleon's?

[wombat]

I want a subscription to the Hollandaise of the Month Club.

[CortJstr]

I want a subscription to the Hollandaise of the Month Club.

This sounded tasted before it occurred to me that either I'd be receiving an uncooked egg product through the mail or that I'd be doing some of the cooking myself. I doubt either option would lead to deliciousness.

[wombat]

How do you know they don't have a chef come to your house? Ray would settle for nothing less.

[Carlos del Vaca]

http://chrisonstad.blogspot.com/2006/12/happy-new-year-2007.html

I've always pictured it as pulling the offending driver out through the window, then pummelling him, rather than flipping over the car.  But I know of what he speaks.

[CortJstr]

The majority of pedestrian accidents are not because of driver error. Just sayin'

[linnea]

The majority of pedestrian accidents are not because of driver error. Just sayin'

'EY! EYYYYY! I'm walkin' 'ere!

[Turbo Ninja]

I saw a fight - a literal fistfight - last weekend because a driver turned left through a crosswalk while a couple was walking through said crosswalk.  The driver did have a green light but the pedestrians had a clear, solid "Walk" signal.  Advantage: Pedestrians.

This happened late at night in an area with more bars than good sense.  The walking dude, who I'll call Irish Thug because that's what he looked like, dodged the car but stood in front of it when the driver stopped.  Irish Thug helpfully pointed at the crosswalk light, still in his favor, and loudly explained that he and his girlfriend had the right-of-way.  I don't know what the driver said, but he apparently wanted to finish his thought enough to warrant putting the car into reverse and backing toward the pedestrian couple as they continued to the opposite corner of the curb.

Irish Thug took that as a show of hostility and the frat-guy posturing began.  (Mind you, the traffic lights have turned by now and this little argument is blocking progress through the intersection in any direction.)  Irish Thug started his gangsta handwaving, Driver opened his car door, Thug approached the car, Driver started to get out, Thug got a little running start and KICKED THE DRIVER'S DOOR CLOSED.  Then the driver put his car into park and got out, revealing that he's probably six inches shorter and 40 pounds lighter than the Thug, who is all too delighted to take advantage of the mismatch.  He starts swinging at the driver and they both tumble to the street.  Pedestrian Girlfriend is shreiking at Irish Thug to STOP STOP STOP!! and passers-by are all just kind of gawking because it's still one of those weak flailing fights rather than a full-on brawl with fists to the face.  A few phones are poised to dial 911 (do you call 911 for a fight like that, or do you wait until someone is bloody or knocked out?).

Dudes are rolling around on the street, girlfriend is wailing at the wanton display of ultraviolence, a parked car blocks the intersection.  Finally, some guy runs up out of nowhere and separates the fighters.  Irish Thug walks away as I applaud silently.  Driver gets back into his car and drives away knowing that a few people watched him get beat down for being an inconsiderate jerkoff who couldn't just apologize for his mistake and move on.

So yeah, right-of-way goes to the pedestrian in the crosswalk, even if you have a green light.

[melack]

That story just made my morning!

[innes]

So yeah, right-of-way goes to the pedestrian in the crosswalk, even if you have a green light.

So the car had a green light and the pedestrian also had a green light (or whatever colour 'WALK' is)?
Oh lordy, America is a country with all the safety features switched off!


Plus they were both probably carrying concealed automatic weapons...

[KeithHernandez]

This happens when someone is walking and a driver is turning.

[Alternate]

I have a story that begins the same way as turbo ninja's -- driver turning left through a crosswalk, both driver (some dude) and pedestrian (me) having green/walk lights.  When I saw the car coming I shrieked and jumped back melodramatically, and immediately felt silly.  "Oh man," I thought, "anyone who saw that must think I'm completely high strung and paranoid.  Obviously the car would have stopped."  And then it hit the woman who'd been walking right next to me. 

[linnea]

I have a story that begins the same way as turbo ninja's -- driver turning left through a crosswalk, both driver (some dude) and pedestrian (me) having green/walk lights.  When I saw the car coming I shrieked and jumped back melodramatically, and immediately felt silly.  "Oh man," I thought, "anyone who saw that must think I'm completely high strung and paranoid.  Obviously the car would have stopped."  And then it hit the woman who'd been walking right next to me. 

You're right, pedestrians DO have the right-of-way. But it's too goddamned dangerous to assume so. You don't wanna sacrifice your body to prove a point. I always assume that they don't see me when I'm a ped. I almost got hit plenty of times when I was attending graduate school.