While out driving the other day, I was aimlessly scanning the stations on the radio and happened to hit the very beginning of Hush by Deep Purple - right from the wolf howl
During the next few seconds, two things happened:
1 - I very consciously and deliberately pegged the volume control on the radio
2 - I unconsciously floored the throttle
As a direct result of action #2, it was only a matter of a few more seconds before I was traveling at BMT (Big Money Ticket) speed. 85 in a 55, to be exact. Even in the fairly speed-tolerant state of New Jersey, that was waaaaay too fast to be overlooked by any coppers that weren't completely engrossed in their cellphone conversation or munching an especially delectable donut. Once Blackmore had finished those first couple of tasty licks during the intro, a glance at the speedometer told me I needed to uncouple my right foot from my ears RIGHT NOW. Got on the brakes and quickly got 'er backed off to a more sedate speed, thus saving myself from (between the fines and the inevitable insurance hike) well over $1000 in hurt to my wallet plus a couple of Points on my license
Thinking it over later, it occurred to me that most people probably have one or more similarly dangerous songs lurking on their mental playlist
What's yours?
During the next few seconds, two things happened:
1 - I very consciously and deliberately pegged the volume control on the radio
2 - I unconsciously floored the throttle
As a direct result of action #2, it was only a matter of a few more seconds before I was traveling at BMT (Big Money Ticket) speed. 85 in a 55, to be exact. Even in the fairly speed-tolerant state of New Jersey, that was waaaaay too fast to be overlooked by any coppers that weren't completely engrossed in their cellphone conversation or munching an especially delectable donut. Once Blackmore had finished those first couple of tasty licks during the intro, a glance at the speedometer told me I needed to uncouple my right foot from my ears RIGHT NOW. Got on the brakes and quickly got 'er backed off to a more sedate speed, thus saving myself from (between the fines and the inevitable insurance hike) well over $1000 in hurt to my wallet plus a couple of Points on my license
Thinking it over later, it occurred to me that most people probably have one or more similarly dangerous songs lurking on their mental playlist
What's yours?
