Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Vorsichtig

I'm not sure exactly what that weather icon means (snow/rain/ice flurries?), but it's the one that's showing up for Seattle today. We are still experiencing a winter wonderland here in our normally snow-free city. We've had snow on the ground for the last week and we got a few more inches last night, so the fun continues. Have you ever lived in a city with steep hills, no snowplows, and incompetent* drivers? It's no fun, unless you stay off the roads and entertain yourself by watching the cars spin out. Then it's kind of like watching an automotive ice ballet. And it's neat to see instant karma -- you get passed by an idiot going 50 down an ice-covered hill in a Miata, only to pass him a few moments later as he's trying to dig himself out of a snowbank. Hee. Das ist aber schade. Or rather, Schadenfreude.

*To be fair, Seattle drivers aren't always incompetent. Only when it's sunny, rainy, icy or snowy.

1 comment:

Brother Hammer said...

I think that icon means "crappy."