I was awoken at 3 am last Saturday by the terrifying howl of a drunk guy who’s foot had just been run over by a taxi. I have had my own foot run over by a car in the past and realize that the young man’s reaction was exaggerated. Being awoken with such a fright meant that my Saturday productivity was not its best. If you cannot drink and exit a taxi like a full grown man, kindly do not attempt to do so around me. This sort of behaviour is disrespectful and narcissistic to say the least. —Exhausted in Halifax
This article appears in Mar 20-26, 2014.
Did you just say that a ‘car-flattened’ foot shouldn’t elicit a scream? You should get a neurological scan ’cause a normal person normally would be swearing a blue streak, I’m thinking.
Couldn’t have been that drunk if he actually felt it enough to scream.
What a shitty taxi driver.
Sometimes I think to myself it must be pretty tough to hit someone in a marked crosswalk but driving over your fares foot really tops that.
Next I want to read about a bus running over someones foot. Either the bus or the victim could be in a marked crosswalk though.
Do you hate it when torture victims scream too?
What does ‘grown-ass’ mean? Me thinks OB is using his slang incorrectly.
BRINGING ONESELF UNDER ONE’S OWN INTERDICT, OR: THE HOWLING MAN
1. “I was awoken at 3 am last Saturday by the terrifying howl of a drunk guy whose foot had been run over by a taxi.” Exhausted in Halifax
Clearly, the howling man was disgustingly drunk.
2. “I have had my own foot run over by a car in the past and realize that the young man’s reaction was exaggerated.”
Like the howling man, Exhausted in Halifax must also have been disgustingly drunk to have his own foot run over by a car in the past. How will Exhausted in Halifax respond to the similarity of events?
3. “If you cannot drink and exit a taxi like a full-grown man, kindly do not do so around me.”
Exhausted in Halifax rejects the howling man. He is not acting like a full-grown man and so Exhausted in Halifax does not want the howling man to be around him. But, since they were both disgustingly drunk and had their feet run over by a taxi, what’s to distinguish the howling man from Exhausted in Halifax? Nothing. They are both disgusting. In philosophical terms, Exhausted in Halifax has brought himself under his own interdict. That’s disgusting.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
to scream or not to scream? it may depend on the season.
my foot was run over in summer, no bones broken and no screaming. perhaps because the asphalt ‘gave’ enough underneath. the fellow that op is complaining about had to suffer a winter runover. no ‘give’ on frozen pavement.
perhaps he should plan the timing of his injuries better, op? for your convenience of course.
Awww, poor snowflake was awoken during the night and was not productive on Saturday because of it. His foot should have caught the side of your fucking head and then you could wail like a banshee and have an actual excuse for your limited function on a Saturday.
My girlfriend ran over my foot one time…….that is all.