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Jul 4, 2006

The Fast and The Furious: Mandaluyong Drift

This is a tale of B.F. Idiot.

After a night of dinner and chat w/ friends, B.F. headed out to the parking lot. Once he drove the car to the exit gate, he realized that-- once again -- he misplaced the parking stub. He asked the attendant what color the ticket was (blue, she said). He then asked permission to park at the corner near the lot's entrance while he searched for the ticket.

B.F. turned every pouch in both shoulder and camera bags inside out. He looked in every compartment near the driver's seat. He groped the floor of the car (not in a dirty way). He even stepped out of the car to double check.

Nothing.

Several thoughts raced in his head, like you did it again, you #$@ing absentmined idiot, and yeah, the sign said: Lost ticket P200. Bad enough the steak and garlic rice dinner wasn't that good, now you have to pay for a lost ticket?

Or do you?

No traffic. No cop cars nearby. Hell, the staff attendants look indifferent. Can I back up without looking suspicious..?

After 10 minutes of ticket searching and comtemplating breaking the law (w/c now that he thinks about it, is more along the levels of jaywalking or not paying bus fare), B.F. backed up the car, had it face the right way on the road... and floored it. Without the lights on, at first. Yeah, real subtle. Headlights on, you idiot, he thought. No point in attempting to get away with it if you end up in an accident.

After crossing a red light, and a strange enounter where a big pedestrian walked slowly in front of him for about half a minute before finally letting the car pass, B. F. made it home.

And in a cruel twist of fate, guess what he found stuck at the side of the driver's seat when he got out of the car...?

1 comment:

radiculous said...

Tangena! Fugitive!! hahahaha