Big Wide World

tell me something. or rather, explain it to me. you stop at a gas station, store, what have you. and you see a fire truck. one of those huge trucks that are bright and red and pretty obvious. not something that would be considered to blend in with its surroundings.

would one of your first thoughts be to hijack the thing and make a run for it? i'm thinking no. or, hey, i'm hoping that you're thinking no.

but that is what stupid people do. take stupid guy of the day # 1. he decided that he wants to steal a car, but not just any car - yup - a very obvious fire truck. what in god's name was he thinking. and lets just think this thru. lets say the guy did get away with it (which he didn't b/c apparently its hard to drive one of those things, and he was swirving on the road, and for one reason or another ended up in a ditch), what was he thinking of doing with it?

maybe it was just a case of the boy who wanted to be a firefighter when he was a boy and never grew out of it. i doubt it, i'm thinking that another village is missing an idiot. and now, the jail has that idiot. and think of that conversation between jailmates: "dude, i'm in here for armed robbery. what are you here for?" "stealing a firetruck". can you say pappa need a new wife?