This morning I drove into work on fumes. Now I am thinking about how to get to a gas station after work and "can I make it". Almost always I do, simply because the gas gauges on PT Cruisers are always funny. Sure they have a no gas line, but for some reason my car still drives when it is below the line. They should put the line lower on those things. Then when it hits the line the gas will really be out. Well, maybe they shouldn't, because otherwise I'd be walking to work. It's a case where it is better to be lied to. There are other cases where it is better to be lied to. Like when you go to a doctor and your blood pressure is too high - they should say "It is a little inflated". Or when you have to wait in line at amusement parks, those signs should say "45 minute wait from here" instead of "15 minute wait". That way you are happier when the line moves quicker than expected. Or whenever you go to a restaurant and your food isn't brought in time, tell me the chef has quit not "someone dropped it on the floor". Here's a final thought - we have been lied to at least once in our lives. The odds that something that has happened to our food at restaurants and it wasn't told to us are pretty high. Maybe it'll be the next time you go to restaurant...

Thought of the Day

"Remember when you first went out to eat with your parents? Remember, it was such a treat. You go and they serve you this different food that you never saw before. They put it in front of you and it was such a delicious and exciting adventure... and now I just feel like a big sweaty hog waiting for them to fill up the trough."

- Elaine, in "The Chinese Restaurant"