I got angry for a good 10 minutes yesterday. And I really mean, ANGRY.
I am going about 25 in downtown pleasanton, and traffic was basically at a stand still. I make a move to go in the left hand turn lane and this guy decides to jaywalk from the other side of the street and is walking in front of my car about 30-50 feet ahead of me. He makes this really awkward jumping motion and flails his arms, and then proceeds to glare at me and yell "slow down you f*cking idiot". Now, let's recount... you're illegally jaywalking and I am going the speed limit. I love it. I wanted to look up the etymology of jaywalking...
"According to historian Peter D. Norton, the
earliest known use of the word jaywalker in print was in the Chicago
Tribune in 1909. The term's dissemination was due in part to a
deliberate effort by promoters of automobiles to redefine streets as
places where pedestrians do not belong.[2] It is a compound word of the
words jay and walk; in this context, jay is used in the obsolete slang
sense, referring to a stupid or dull person, or a rube, i.e. someone
from a rural area and not familiar with "city ways." At the time,
vehicles and traffic signals were a new concept, gaining popularity in
the larger cities, so this term would have been used to describe
newcomers who were unfamiliar with these recent developments and by
extension, to ridicule people who behaved like newcomers but should
have known better."
One of the best songs I have heard in a while. It's been on repeat. The lyrics are smart and good, and Phil's voice is pretty amazing (I wasn't sure if I liked it after last cd).
