Comments on: The Three Minnesota Driving Styles Direct from Hades

By: CGabriel

CGabriel — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:59:48 +0000

Thank you for stopping by Blog Harbor de-I. You are a man of wisdom…what you say is, unfortunately, quite true. I remember friends there ending more than a few discussions with “but the culture here…” as if the culture qualified as a mulligan.

Apparently, someone crossed off Minnesota and actually wrote in New Mexico.

By: de-I

de-I — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:45:53 +0000

Since I know that you are familiar with the culture here in New Mexico, you are aware that those released from Hades and sent here are those that feel that

1. Red lights are a signal to speed up and beat the light

2. That no one should ever speed up or slow down to let anyone in when entering the highway or changing lanes, and

3. Getting totally drunk and driving well over the speed limit going the wrong way down the interstate and killing people should be accepted because of the “cultural” issues.

By: CGabriel

CGabriel — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:39:37 +0000

operamouth – what a great name! And it’s hard to disagree with your Philly/Jersey drivers. I learned to drive in Philly and the fact I lived to tell about it should have been reason enough to be awarded my driver’s license, test-free.

By: operamouth

operamouth — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:20:34 +0000

Very funny! But nothing can beat the craziness that is Philadelphia and neighboring cities of New Jersey drivers!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:31:42 +0000

I laughed hysterically as I read this. True stuff is the funniest stuff. Believe me… we have every single one of the drivers you described down here in Missouri as well.

I see one of my big pet peeves as I make my daily drive into work. My 15-minute route requires me to get onto a highway for no more than about 45 seconds before I exit to my destination. During that short time I’m there, I get unbelievably pissed at the people who try to cut into your lane at the last second so they don’t have to be behind the other traffic. You know the type. The right lane will be full of people getting ready to get off at the next exit. Inevitably, there will be two or three punk kids who feel that they is too good to stay in the right lane with the rest of us. They zip up above everyone else, then try to cut in at the last second, thus, slowing everyone else down. Grr.

But anyway, thanks for posting this. This made my night.

By: Jodi Brooks

Jodi Brooks — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:45:17 +0000

Christopher,
This is so true in Ohio as well, but you have to include orange barrels (we grow them here and they peak in mid summer) into the equation. So when you meet Mr. Slow and Easy you have to have the skills of Mario Andretti to survive driving to work in the morning. Fun list, good job! Can’t wait to see what our assignment will be today!

By: CGabriel

CGabriel — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:07:57 +0000

Terri, I fully understand where your husband is coming from. It was just last week, Wendy and I stopped at a gas station to fill up the tank. I turned off the engine and sat in the car. It was clear to the guys working there I was NEXT to the pump and they KNEW I needed gas. Wendy insisted I needed to fill the tank myself. I kept telling her “They KNOW why I’m here…they work here…they’ll be out.”

We sat there for seven hours. I guess she was right.

By: Paul Hassing

Paul Hassing — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:13:24 +0000

Beautifully written and very entertaining! I added up all the numbers, combined the digits and found that I’m going to inherit a deer farm in Tasmania. Thank you, Blog Harbour!

By: territerri

territerri — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:51:02 +0000

My pet peeve happens while I’m driving into St. Paul on 94 going west. The speed limit is 55. The general flow of traffic in the left lane is 70. (Who am I to argue? And I like the left lane.) The closer you get to the downtown St. Paul area, the tighter the traffic gets. And there’s always that one person who’s going to move into the left lane in front of me, whether there’s room for him/her or not.

I think there were some Minnesota driving schools at one point who taught the Hades style of driving. My husband must have attended one of them. A while back, he seemed to have forgotten how to use his turn signals. I constantly reminded him that there were impressionable children watching his every move who would soon be new drivers themselves. “You have to set a good example,” I told him. “These kids are learning from you. PLEASE use your turn signals.” His response, while sitting in a left turn lane, waiting for the light to turn green? “I’m not required to signal while I’m IN the turn lane. People KNOW I’m going to turn. Why else would I be here?”

Can you sense my exasperation? I did eventually win the argument, however.

By: CGabriel

CGabriel — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:20:16 +0000

Jen and TheManInTheYellowHat, thanks so much for stopping by! I am a firm believer in the truth setting us free. I believe it’s time these escapees from Hades understand…we’re on to them. And we’re monitoring their movement.

Jennifer, thank you for your continued Krispy Kreme concern. I’m…dealing with the crisis in the only way I know how: Staring at old, empty dozen-sized boxes from Krispy Kreme, wearing my souvenir paper hats from Krispy Kreme and holding pictures of Original Glazed going down the conveyor belt. It’s through this very difficult treatment I’m discovering the pain is dissipating.