snipelfritz wrote:I'm not sure how you didn't do anything right?
I, however, am not that great of a person. Story tiem...One day about a year ago, I was walking down an icy Minneapolis sidewalk to the bus stop trying to make it to class on time. The bus stop is exactly a block away then on the other side of an intersection(35mph, but relatively busy). As I'm walking I see a dog jumping playfully around up the road. "No biggie," I think and I assume that it belongs to one of the people walking ahead of me, but then I realized it doesn't have tags and is on its own. He's running around on the sidewalk and street(the street I was walking along wasn't busy at all). I pass him but quickly realize he's trotting along a couple feet behind me. I know if I don't catch the next bus I'll be late, so I don't pay him any mind. I get roughly two hundred feet from the intersection when I see my bus about a block away so immediately I start to run for it. I realize the dog is playing along and starts running too.
Now, at this moment, I'd like to ask a rhetorical question: Have you ever had something happen to you where you predict it happening in vivid detail, but only a second or two before it happens so you don't have any time to comprehend what you can do about it? Well that's what's about to happen to me.
As I'm nearing the road I need to cross to get to the bus stop I first realize there's a good chance I'll have to stop for at least one car. I also realize there's a good chance the dog won't stop. I also realize that the combination of icy roads and large piles of snow along the road will make it impossible for the driver to see the dog, much less be able to stop in time. And what do you know, that's exactly what happened. The car stopped but not quite fast enough. It the poor thing and made a sickening thud. The dog, however, seemed completely unfazed, bounced back up and disappeared down the road in a matter of seconds. The driver of the car was a stupid college age girl who clearly was thinking, "OHMAGODBECKY! I just hit a DOG! What do I dooooooooooooooo?" Then, I got on the bus and made it to class on timeHooray!!!
I'm not completely sure about this but I believe that to be a Bi-Win, are you Charlie Sheen?
