I really like this guy

That was great!

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He's a genius observer of the every day. It's funny because there's so much truth in his observations.

Sorry, Louis. Honking is often legitimate. For instance, when the person just ahead of you in the next lane decides to change into your lane and obviously doesn't know you are there. Maybe you're in their blind spot, maybe they didn't check their mirrors, maybe they're on their cell and oblivious to the world. The point is that the honk lets them know you are there and saves you from dangerously swerving or slamming on the brakes.

But i probably most frequently use the horn to honk at stupid animals that are gonna get hit. Neighborhood dogs and cats. Idiotic deer. Or other would-be roadkill...

One of my favorite comedians on one of my least favorite comedians television show.

It's true that 95% of honks are after the fact but there are a few cases where it's useful. Maybe you hit a patch of ice and lose all control, maybe the person in front of is slow to move on a green light, maybe you need to signal your presence to your friend that you're picking up, etc.

"For instance, when the person just ahead of you in the next lane decides to change into your lane and obviously doesn't know you are there."

Happens all the time. So consequently I didn't think that bit was too funny, but the rest of it was gold.

When I lived in Beirut, the hardest thing for me to get used to was the way people behaved when driving a car. It was as though the horn was an acceptable substitute for the brakes. A colleague of mine explained, "Everyone drives as though the street was a gift from his father." It turns out, though, that a lot of the horn use was very short taps letting pedestrians know that there was a car behind them (people walked in the road often because of very narrow or obstructed sidewalks), or to warn people that a car was coming when approaching a blind intersection (narrow roads, no traffic lights). The first couple of months there I was really jumpy, I heard horns and always thought I was going to be hit by a cab. Eventually I came to appreciate it and understand it as a courtesy of sorts. Now I'm back in Brooklyn biking around and I get annoyed that cars DON'T give me a tap or two before passing me.

On the other hand, Beirut is the only place that I've ever been honked at as a pedestrian by guy driving on the sidewalk telling me to get the hell out of his way.

George Lopez used to be funny. His older standup was killer, I don't know what happened to it though. His new stuff isn't that great =\

>> ^dag:

He's a genius observer of the every day. It's funny because there's so much truth in his observations.


Being in a high speed car chase with a kid pointing a gun at him is probably his most apt observation of the every day.

>> ^poolcleaner:

One of my favorite comedians on one of my least favorite comedians television show.


Know what you mean. I always have to force myself to watch, though I usually enjoy it when I do. And it's still 100 times better than Lucky Louie. What an abominiation

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