Notes from the road

Listen up, asshole:
When I put my turn signal on so I can get into the exit-only lane, that is NOT your cue to whip out from behind me, into the exit only lane, so you can pass me on the right and whip right back into traffic.

Next time, I run you off the road with my minivan

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Dear Marine with the bumpersticker informing me of the fact:
What? You couldn't wait for the light behind 2 other cars so you had to cut me off?
I NEEDED that 12 feet of stopping space.

You're damn lucky I was doing 10 instead of 20, and that i didn't feel like doing accident paperwork.

Next time you pull that stunt, jarhead, they're packing you home in a jar.

No love,
That Schneider truck that didn't feel like having an accident at 9 AM.

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Dear Dealers,

I only deliver what they load. I deliver EVERYTHING they load.
I'm sorry your stuff's not there. I'm sorry I don't have a pallet jack. But darling, I ain't throwing my back out moving a bunch of 220 pound transmissions without mechanical aid.

Your driver who likes you a lot.

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Dear everyone,
I work for a living. I get filthy. Please don't sneer at me. My money is good, and my hair should be clean enough to tell you this is just a job hazard, not a permanent state.

The nice lady who brings the parts to repair your penis-substitute vehicles.

ooops, help?

Okay, so, I'm plotting on my NaNo novel.
And I just realized it's monochromatic.

The town I'm setting it in was monochrome in that era: Pale Whitey McWhiterson on Wonderbread with a side of rice pudding and Cool-Whip.

But there is no reason for the Carnival to be. Roustabouts, food crew, clowns, ride crews, etc. should be multi ethnic.

Where I'm hanging up is the Ten-in-One.

I'm thinking, the Phantasmagoria would capitalize on the "exotic other" thing in their billing. "Live from the jungles of India, half-woman, half snake: Nagina!" And Nagina is subcontinental Indian, and she is a naga, but her real name is Revati.

Or the Carolina Giant would be black, with an old-fashioned Biblical name: Hezekiah, Keniah or some such. "Nine feet tall, probably related to Goliath of Gath."

The wolf-boy is Austrian. Wolfgang is a classicly trained pianist and escape artist. He makes jokes and escapes and plays Mozart pieces in between.

The fortune teller is probably of actual gypsy extraction.


Is this exploitative? yes. Is it showmanship? yes.

Is it a problem making some of the freaks pocs?