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undeterred

(34,658 posts)
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 09:51 PM Mar 2013

Today I saw a woman change lanes while putting on mascara.

She was sitting at a stoplight putting it on... I could deal with that. But she kept doing it after the light changed and she managed to smoothly change lanes. Really talented.

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Today I saw a woman change lanes while putting on mascara. (Original Post) undeterred Mar 2013 OP
Big deal, TexasTowelie Mar 2013 #1
Amateurs!!! Once, I self-administered a suppository while negotiating a busy onramp at rush hour. MiddleFingerMom Mar 2013 #2
I concede defeat. TexasTowelie Mar 2013 #5
Only one suppository? Hmmm. I'm a little let down, MFM. Kennah Mar 2013 #9
Good thing you pulled it off. I can only imagine the dashboard camera video during a traffic stop. Kennah Mar 2013 #11
Don't know if this is relevant but LiberalElite Mar 2013 #3
Was it her? KamaAina Mar 2013 #4
She's got a nice face undeterred Mar 2013 #13
That's Suzanne Sugarbaker from Designing Women KamaAina Mar 2013 #14
Whadaya new to L.A. ? olddots Mar 2013 #6
I think I saw her, too... pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #7
... undeterred Mar 2013 #12
The other day I saw a guy using an electric nostril trimmer while driving. Initech Mar 2013 #8
Well duh. Who uses a manual trimmer anymore? Kennah Mar 2013 #10
Anybody else remember the "NO PICK!" scene from Seinfeld? (nt) Demoiselle Mar 2013 #15
It was not a pick!!!! Initech Mar 2013 #16
You DO remember! Demoiselle Mar 2013 #26
Seinfeld and CYE - probably the two funniest sitcoms in TV history. Initech Mar 2013 #27
I confess Xyzse Mar 2013 #17
Saw someone flossing on 280 out of San Francisco. NV Whino Mar 2013 #18
Weirdest morning scene I EVER saw was benld74 Mar 2013 #19
"really talented."??? I file that under "really STUPID." talkingmime Mar 2013 #20
didn't think I needed the sarcasm icon.... undeterred Mar 2013 #21
Oh, and then there's the DREADED SIN of actually doing 15 when the school sign flashes!!! talkingmime Mar 2013 #24
I had a "friend" who could cook, prep his works and shoot heroin while driving Taverner Mar 2013 #22
I too often put on pantyhose while driving DebJ Mar 2013 #23
I've seen about 20 people flossing at 70 mph driving their BMW s.u.v.s olddots Mar 2013 #25

TexasTowelie

(112,056 posts)
1. Big deal,
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 10:03 PM
Mar 2013

I used to tie my necktie while driving down MoPac at 70 mph using only my knees to steer at 6:45 in the morning. I'm still waiting for an award.

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
2. Amateurs!!! Once, I self-administered a suppository while negotiating a busy onramp at rush hour.
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 10:57 PM
Mar 2013

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Of course, I would NEVER text and drive. THAT'S dangerous!!!
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(Seriously -- take it from a long-time motorcyclist.)
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Kennah

(14,234 posts)
11. Good thing you pulled it off. I can only imagine the dashboard camera video during a traffic stop.
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 02:07 AM
Mar 2013

Officer: Sir, I stopped you because you were swerving back there.
MFM: Yeah, I know. I sorry. Hang on a sec, gotta finish something.
Officer: Holy shit! What the fuck are you doing?!
MFM: OK, I'm good now. You need to see my license and registration?
Officer: What? No. NO! I don't wanna have to touch it now. Go. Move. Get going!
MFM: OK, have a great day.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
3. Don't know if this is relevant but
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 11:06 PM
Mar 2013

I was on a NYC bus and thought I smelled nail polish. I did - a woman was doing her nails on a moving bus.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
14. That's Suzanne Sugarbaker from Designing Women
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 12:51 PM
Mar 2013

played by Delta Burke. Suzanne was notorious for her vanity, and was often seen putting on makeup at stoplights.

Initech

(100,054 posts)
27. Seinfeld and CYE - probably the two funniest sitcoms in TV history.
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 08:51 PM
Mar 2013

If the ending of season 8 of Curb was the finale - that was a brilliant way for Larry to go out.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
17. I confess
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 01:11 PM
Mar 2013

When I was younger, in college...
I ate chinese noodle soup, with chopsticks, while driving stick shift.

I don't do that any more.
Nowadays, I drive automatic.

benld74

(9,904 posts)
19. Weirdest morning scene I EVER saw was
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 01:28 PM
Mar 2013

On East bound I-70 in STL, morning rush hour, INTO the rising sun. Driver's arm out the window with a butter knife, SCRAPING frost off the windshield. At 70 MPH!

Luckily I was west bound at the time,,,,

undeterred

(34,658 posts)
21. didn't think I needed the sarcasm icon....
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 03:25 PM
Mar 2013

I know someone who had to learn to walk and talk all over again because of someone else who was fiddling with their tape deck and ran a stop sign. I don't even talk on the phone and drive, and people get angry at me for it.

 

talkingmime

(2,173 posts)
24. Oh, and then there's the DREADED SIN of actually doing 15 when the school sign flashes!!!
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 03:59 PM
Mar 2013

GASP! The horrors of it all. How inconsiderate to be holding someone back who would otherwise be able to fly through ant any high speed playing backpack pinball on their way to whatever trivial task they have to run. I'm yet to find a school building without at least three alternate routes to avoid going through the flashers, but the GPS isn't going to gvie them those routes. Just simply knowing the bus route times avoids a lot of slow-downs plan around them.

I know I would hate the young driver I was if he came down my street today, but after having kids of my own, things changed a little (a lot) and I have a good sense for the safe speed, even if it isn't the limit. Sometimes "too slow" can actually be an unsafe hazard. We avoid the cell phone at all costs unless we know there's an emergency update coming in at any time. Then we find a safe place to pull over to talk. If there's another occupant, hand the phone to them.

Simple things can handle all of these problems. And as for makeup, just getting up 5 minutes earlier and not getting sucked into the morning talk shows solves that one.

 

Taverner

(55,476 posts)
22. I had a "friend" who could cook, prep his works and shoot heroin while driving
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 03:34 PM
Mar 2013

I say "friend" because, at least while a heroin addict, he wasn't really anyone's friend

DebJ

(7,699 posts)
23. I too often put on pantyhose while driving
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 03:39 PM
Mar 2013

on the Baltimore Beltway decades ago. Single mom two children working 70 hours a week.
Left the house with wet hair, and blow dried my hair using the heat set to blow towards my hair.
Put on my makeup behind the wheel, brushed my hair.

I couldn't do it today. Age has taken away some of my multi-tasking abilities.
But I also don't have the time pressure like I did back then.

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