Joel Uckelman on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:27:01 -0700 (MST) |
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Re: [testlist] We were somewhere around Barstow... |
Thus spake "uckelman": > We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs beg > an to take hold. I remember saying something like, "I feel a bit lightheaded; > maybe you should drive . . ." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all aro > und us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and s > creeching and diving around the car, which was going about 100 miles an hour > with the top down to Las Vegas. And a voice was screaming: "Holy Jesus! What > are these goddamn animals?" > > Then it was quiet again. My attorney had taken his shirt off and was pouring > beer on his chest, to facilitate the tanning process. "What the hell are you > yelling about," he muttered, staring up at the sun with his eyes closed and c > overed with wraparound Spanish sunglasses. "Never mind," I said. "It's your t > urn to drive." I hit the brakes and aimed the Great Red Shark toward the shou > lder of the highway. No point mentioning those bats, I thought. The poor bast > ard will see them soon enough. > How much footer garbage will pile up? -- J. _______________________________________________ testlist mailing list testlist@xxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/testlist