On Sat, 28 May 2005 06:36:21 GMT, "Larry Scholnick"
And, of course, either one could have solved the dilemma by SPEEDING UP instead of slowing down, since there was nobody in front of them.
I was stuck behind two such nincompoops on an on-ramp near Disneyland. The ramp was typical for SoCal: two lanes that merge into one before merging onto the freeway proper. I was in the left lane; ahead of me there were two side-by-side Sloths. Both lanes of the ramp were wide open ahead of them.
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As we proceeded down the ramp, it became clear that Sloth #2 in the right lane saw the merge coming and wanted to merge into the nonexistent space between my car and Sloth #1. Being stuck behind one Sloth is bad enough - there's no way in hell I wanted to be stuck behind two! - so I held my ground. Sloth #2 waited until the last possible second for me to let him in, then finally gave up, slowed down, and merged in behind me. At any point, Sloth #2 could have simply sped up slightly and merged in front of Sloth #1, but for some reason that never occurred to him.
I just don't understand the Sloth mentality. It's like they think they will explode if they exceed 45 MPH or something... :rolleyes:
-- Life is short - drive fast!
