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sparticle · 05-22-2004, 12:17 PM

What is the most outrageous piece of behavior you've witnessed lately? It could be a stranger in a store, a close friend, a spouse, a diner in a restaurant, a fellow passenger on a train, someone at a party, etc., or just a random event.

Last week I saw somebody in a two-seater ragtop sports car skate across four lanes of traffic and cut off a semi tractor-trailer to get to the exit.

Yesterday my son swiped and put on my husband's business suit with pants that are three inches too short and took off barefoot, running through a blinding thunderstorm, to pick up his prom date.

My cat opened the cupboard door with his paw and dragged out a package of bagels by grabbing the plastic bag in his teeth.

Lightning hit a tree in the next block yesterday, and, bizarrely enough, it was just at that instant that I happened to be looking in that direction. I have never seen lightning strike an object. It was pretty weird.

You know. Stuff you look at and say, "Wow, did I really just see that or what?"

sparticle · 05-22-2004, 12:18 PM

(I don't know if the lightning strike qualifies as "behavior" unless you want to call it an act of God.)

nycwriters · 05-22-2004, 04:12 PM

The horizontal lightning I saw last thunderstorm was a little odd. Apparently people in Jersey said it was bolting from the Empire State Building to the Chrysler ...

Frieda · 05-22-2004, 04:41 PM

a friend of mine witnessed the train disaster in amsterdam last night and when she took a taxi to get home instead of the train the taxi got stuck in a crowd watching the filming of ocean's 12.

Aphrodite · 05-22-2004, 07:24 PM

I am going to post a wonderful piece of behaviour.

My niece in Orlando was walking her baby across the street at the light.
It was a six lane street and she was about half way across when a wheel wobbled off the buggy. She was about to just lean the thing forward snag the wheel and keep going when another part on the bottom of the buggy let go. It was a big crack in something and the axels were no longer attached to anything.
Time passed quickly while she was looking at the wheels and the light was changing. She was frantically trying to drag the big buggy the rest of the way when two young guys just came along, smiled at my niece, scooped up the baby buggy, and settled them again safely on the corner. Then they just kept walking. My niece was so grateful, as are we. Some folks just would have watched.
I love nice people.

sparticle · 05-24-2004, 11:34 AM

It's cool when somebody does something totally kind with no reason except it's the right thing to do. Especially when it comes from unlikely heroes. Guys my son's age (he is 19) sometimes get a bad rap but for the most part they are good souls (just like I believe most people are, given half a chance).

05-22-2004, 12:17 PM	#1
sparticle Conspiracy Theorist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: cleveland, oh Posts: 4,702	And THEN they.... What is the most outrageous piece of behavior you've witnessed lately? It could be a stranger in a store, a close friend, a spouse, a diner in a restaurant, a fellow passenger on a train, someone at a party, etc., or just a random event. Last week I saw somebody in a two-seater ragtop sports car skate across four lanes of traffic and cut off a semi tractor-trailer to get to the exit. Yesterday my son swiped and put on my husband's business suit with pants that are three inches too short and took off barefoot, running through a blinding thunderstorm, to pick up his prom date. My cat opened the cupboard door with his paw and dragged out a package of bagels by grabbing the plastic bag in his teeth. Lightning hit a tree in the next block yesterday, and, bizarrely enough, it was just at that instant that I happened to be looking in that direction. I have never seen lightning strike an object. It was pretty weird. You know. Stuff you look at and say, "Wow, did I really just see that or what?"

05-22-2004, 04:41 PM	#4
Frieda in limbo Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 19,503	a friend of mine witnessed the train disaster in amsterdam last night and when she took a taxi to get home instead of the train the taxi got stuck in a crowd watching the filming of ocean's 12. __________________ zoek waar je wil, maar het zit in jezelf oh yeah

05-22-2004, 07:24 PM	#5
Aphrodite Myth Demeanour Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: My tent Posts: 3,041	I am going to post a wonderful piece of behaviour. My niece in Orlando was walking her baby across the street at the light. It was a six lane street and she was about half way across when a wheel wobbled off the buggy. She was about to just lean the thing forward snag the wheel and keep going when another part on the bottom of the buggy let go. It was a big crack in something and the axels were no longer attached to anything. Time passed quickly while she was looking at the wheels and the light was changing. She was frantically trying to drag the big buggy the rest of the way when two young guys just came along, smiled at my niece, scooped up the baby buggy, and settled them again safely on the corner. Then they just kept walking. My niece was so grateful, as are we. Some folks just would have watched. I love nice people. __________________ Monkey on the Halfshell Last edited by Aphrodite : 05-22-2004 at 08:04 PM.

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05-22-2004, 12:18 PM	#2
sparticle Conspiracy Theorist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: cleveland, oh Posts: 4,702	(I don't know if the lightning strike qualifies as "behavior" unless you want to call it an act of God.)

05-22-2004, 04:12 PM	#3
nycwriters Stuck in T.O. Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Floundering Posts: 4,134	The horizontal lightning I saw last thunderstorm was a little odd. Apparently people in Jersey said it was bolting from the Empire State Building to the Chrysler ...

05-24-2004, 11:34 AM	#6
sparticle Conspiracy Theorist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: cleveland, oh Posts: 4,702	It's cool when somebody does something totally kind with no reason except it's the right thing to do. Especially when it comes from unlikely heroes. Guys my son's age (he is 19) sometimes get a bad rap but for the most part they are good souls (just like I believe most people are, given half a chance).