Mad Monty Beyond Thunder Dome II Electric Boogaloo
OK, so this post is a ripoff from a Facebook thread yesterday, so what. Wanna fight about it?
The past few days of commuting have been pretty unfun. Yesterday it took me two and a half hours to go the 33 miles from house to to work. That's unfun. Especially when I'm starting the day with a meeting with my boss. Lovely. It's at times when I'm bumper to bumper that I think of the joys and positivisms (is that even a word?) of the Mad Max world.
Or worlds.
The first Mad Max really wasn't too far removed from living in Iowa I think. Big open roads. Cops in leather. Lots of gear heads working on cars. Roving motorcycle gangs without a Harley between them. Not really much of a gear change there. Other than cops in that world spend more time in high speed pursuit and driving through Winnabegos than arresting anyone. I actually think cops these days should take a lesson from Mad Max. If a cop tried to pull me over in a V8 Interceptor with that crazy chrome overdriver sticking out of the hood... I'd pull over. The last cop I saw was driving a Ford Explorer. Woo.
That's all well and good, but I'm a fan of the Road Warrior world myself. Firstly a 90% population reduction in the world's population seems like a great start to me. Justin pointed out the chaps/wardrobe problem... but that seemed optional. I could do leather jacket and pants I think. In that world there seems to be a bit of a dirth of vehicle selection though. You've got motorcycles... not for me. You've got dune buggies... silly. You've got tractor trailers... nah. You've got pick up trucks with arrow launchers in the back... maybe, but as the movie pointed out, you're only one snake from an airplane away from being shot in the back by your gunner who looks like something from a GI Joe's Cobra. I suppose I could see myself flying around a home made helicopter... but again, snakes and bad teeth aren't really my thing. No, I'll take a sporty V8 monster with exploding gas tanks thank you very much.
I know when I started this blog there was a point. I do so I wish I could recall it now. I bet you do too.
Oh yeah, long commutes with traffic suck. And something about people who drive 10 miles under the speed limit in the left lane and people who drive 20 miles under the speed limit in any lane.
Boo to them.
Better post tomorrow. I promise.