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Sudetenland Tales
Page 470
Badass
”My Struggle” by Nimby
“The ‘cul de sac’ I live on in Framingham has a pass through, which leads to another cul de sac with a pass through, which leads to another cul de sac with a pass through, ad infinitum. I tried to determine the length of this secretive tragedy, and took the road as far as Sudetenland, which I’ll come back to later, hopefully much later.
The extensive process my neighbors and I had to go through to buy these houses, including the survey, never made us aware of this. A few mornings ago I was sitting in my car at the red light there when I dozed off for a split second just before the light turned green. A blaring horn startled me from my microsleep, causing me to slam my foot onto the gas pedal. As my car screeched around the corner, I glanced in the rearview mirror and saw the SUV belonging to the guy who lives directly across the street from me turning the other way.
Now I realize he had to beep his horn. I get that. But the dude laid on it for four whole seconds when a quick, staccato beep would have been just as effective. Four seconds of blaring horn! To me that translates into, “Get moving, asshole! I’m a big