What do you think about while stuck in traffic?

[Limper]

Traffic sucks, traffic eats up shit loads of most of our lives better spent on other things. How do you make the most of it?

I run through scenarios for my life... if this happens what would I do sorts of things.

[Droid101]

I always end up thinking about something similar; if I got XX amount of money, what would I do.

Say, got 10 million in the lottery, or I got 100k from inheritance, or got 5k from winning a prize. I always make up situations like that and figure out what I'd do with the money.

[Limper]

I always end up thinking about something similar; if I got XX amount of money, what would I do.

Say, got 10 million in the lottery, or I got 100k from inheritance, or got 5k from winning a prize. I always make up situations like that and figure out what I'd do with the money.

The one thing I always figure out is that if I do win a bunch of money I won't be sitting in traffic anymore.

[Steampunk]

I don't have to sit in traffic too often here, but I usually think about stuff that is coming up in my life, and how it will change things or how I will react. So, I guess it is in a similar vein to what you are talking about.

I sometimes think about getting out of my car, going to the annoying fucker in the car in front/behind/beside me and bashing his skull in. What was he doing? Does it matter? He's annoying!

[Limper]

I don't have to sit in traffic too often here, but I usually think about stuff that is coming up in my life, and how it will change things or how I will react. So, I guess it is in a similar vein to what you are talking about.

I sometimes think about getting out of my car, going to the annoying fucker in the car in front/behind/beside me and bashing his skull in. What was he doing? Does it matter? He's annoying!

Do you ever try and figure out what sort of sad life they live? I wonder what they are thinking about and how they got where they are... and how best to use that to destroy them forever should I win that Powerball.

[Pigs in Space]

So... this is what I daydream about?

Sometimes I think about how cool it would be if I could someohow go back in time and live life as a kid, but with my current knowledge.

And then I have a bit of road rage.

And that usually turns into thinking about if I could remember who won certain sporting events and therefore make bets on the correct winner, and if I could remember the times and dates to jump in/jump out of the stock market.

And then I have a bit of road rage.

And then I realize that I could probably get a job at mcdonalds, earn a few hundred bucks and be a bazillionaire with super-accurate stock market and gamboling on sport predictions.

[Bones]

I sit there and wonder that Limper is thinking about while he is stuck in traffic. :p

[Steampunk]

Do you ever try and figure out what sort of sad life they live? I wonder what they are thinking about and how they got where they are... and how best to use that to destroy them forever should I win that Powerball.

I have been known to contemplate the mediocrity of their lives, but usually it just makes me mad. I have known too many people who have had "sad lives" that could have avoided it if they had just tried or put some effort forth.

[Limper]

I sit there and wonder that Limper is thinking about while he is stuck in traffic. :p

Thats a coincidence just last night I was wondering what Bones was thinking about.

[Freedom Canadian]

Usually, I swear a lot.

Sometimes, I will think about my campaign and come up with plot points or NPCs.

[Janos]

Sometimes, I will think about my campaign and come up with plot points or NPCs.

Me too, I tend to daydream about how the next session will go if I'm really bored and nothing more interesting is going on.

[Atropine Mama]

I think about Limper's luscious as--- oh wait, never mind, that's while I'm doing dishes, not stuck in traffic.

[Limper]

I think about Limper's luscious as--- oh wait, never mind, that's while I'm doing dishes, not stuck in traffic.

Oh its Okay my luscious ass shold be thought about day and night.

[Enk]

I hold imaginary conversations with the guests on NPR.

[strawberry]

I think, "so, what should I think about while I'm stuck here?"

[FeatsofClay]

I probably haven't been stuck in traffic in 6-8 years but I thought then "Do all these commuter people plan bathroomtrips before they get out here? I mean, they are ALL drinking somehting and there is nowhere to pee."

[Atropine Mama]

Besides Limper's ass, when I daydream I typically think about home improvement projects. I have a subscription to the Family Handyman magazine and I'm such a noob to this awesome hobby that it gives me lots of daydream mileage.

[Stratego]

I usually think about how nice it would be if I had a pair of .50's and a tailgunner. Thank God my commutes are much shorter these days.

I also think about how much radio sucks, and that I really should bring some new cds into the car, but then I invariably forget to do so.

[mollygrue]

have educational cds in the glove box--learn a language, listen to the great works, that sort of thing. i take advantage of the fact that i am a captive audience. left to my own devices....men/chocolate, or gardening plans. if you have a garden you always have something to keep your mind busy in a relativley pleasant and productive way.

[doc]

Only time I've been in gridlock is in Little Rock, listen to sports radio and call in

[mollygrue]

i work apx 1 hour on the hwy fm where i live, plus occasional forays thru detroit--try to avoid regular "rush" hrs--and heading north on 75 on a friday is the pits--esp. on the big weekends--ive been to LA and do not understand how people manage to get anywhere,on time, ever, with their sanity and temperment intact.

[Space Cadet B^3]

I just turn up the radio, start drumming on the steering wheel and SING!

Either that or about how I wished traffic jams had bathrooms!

[Ergeheilalt]

I will flip on my MP3 player and sing at the top of my lungs, dancing in my car seat.

I can't do it at home, with my bastard roommates, so I get my fill doing it in the car.

[shabois]

I listen to news radio and sports talk radio so I am usually pondering what the current topic is.

Also I think about Limper's big, throbbing... oh wait, wrong thread!!!

[Brynja]

My list of things to do, unit plans, lesson plans, a problem one of my students was talking about to me, my mom, what i have to do next week, and sometimes my gaming characters.

[Atropine Mama]

What, nobody naps during traffic jams? :confused:

[Janos]

What, nobody naps during traffic jams? :confused:

I'll read at red lights if they're long and traffic is really boring.

[Black Angel]

I just listen to music & sing along. Usually think about where I'm headed that day, what I have to do, what I forgot to do yesterday, stuff like that.

[Steampunk]

Sometimes, I think of (contact)'s mom.

[shabois]

I try to finish my fifth of Jack before the line starts moving...

[Kyllikki]

I think about how much it's going to hurt when i finally get doored.

When traffic is stopped but the bike lane is free is when i know i am at maximum danger for death. People SOMETIMES check their driver mirror for cyclists, but when a stopped car lets a passenger out when in traffic, the passenger rarely checks to make sure there isn't a cyclist in the bike lane. The two times i've made contact with cars while riding have both been from passenger dropoffs at lights.

Clearly i didn't die either time :)