Captain Melvin struck again
Oct. 16th, 2006 10:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catalyst2My alter ego made his appearance for the first time in a while tonight. He only appears occasionally but when he does, he can do some extraordinarily stupid things. I get out of the car at home. As usual, I have parked too close to the wall on the driver's side so getting out is all a bit of a struggle and I am carrying three or four items in my arms at the same time. I shut the car door and start to walk away, only to discover that I have shut my coat in the car door and can't move.
Stupid - but that's not the least of it!
The door is locked so I go to unlock it but so much of the coat is in the door that the pocket with the keys in is on the inside of the car! CRAP! Now here's where I think the true stupidity of the situation comes out. I stand there for several minutes thinking "If I call out will anybody hear me?" or "What if I am stuck here all night?" or "I wonder if I could just kind of slump down onto the ground so at least I won't have to spend all night standing next to my car?"
I have been standing there for about 10 minutes by now, angry, slightly bewildered and not a little panicked! And then the brilliant revelation hits me - and anybody that has at least two brain cells firing consecutively probably worked this out about 10 seconds after this started - I could take my coat off. TAH DAH! I walk around to the passenger side, open that door, unlock the driver's door and then get my coat. Such sublime genius in action - Captain Melvin is alive and well and failing to negotiate even the simplest hazards of life!
Stupid - but that's not the least of it!
The door is locked so I go to unlock it but so much of the coat is in the door that the pocket with the keys in is on the inside of the car! CRAP! Now here's where I think the true stupidity of the situation comes out. I stand there for several minutes thinking "If I call out will anybody hear me?" or "What if I am stuck here all night?" or "I wonder if I could just kind of slump down onto the ground so at least I won't have to spend all night standing next to my car?"
I have been standing there for about 10 minutes by now, angry, slightly bewildered and not a little panicked! And then the brilliant revelation hits me - and anybody that has at least two brain cells firing consecutively probably worked this out about 10 seconds after this started - I could take my coat off. TAH DAH! I walk around to the passenger side, open that door, unlock the driver's door and then get my coat. Such sublime genius in action - Captain Melvin is alive and well and failing to negotiate even the simplest hazards of life!
