Thursday, May 17, 2007

Subliminal Messages

I schedule all my appointments in Morris County as far west as Mt. Olive and as far east as Butler (not a person). That means am on the road most of the time. So in all these years I have driven in tarmac I took a keen interest today in those others commuting. The first vehicle that caught my eye was a caravan with the words Able something Locksmith. I imagined he had gotten (don't change this word please) a call from someone locked out. He should be a helpful fellow unless he was planning a Heist. Next, an AT (Armoured Truck) vehicle obviously transporting cash, jewelry, gold, who knows what else. AT career should involve being vigilant or otherwise end up on The Italian Job. Then came past me a long stretch limo. There was no way of knowing who was being driven. It was all tinted. I guessed there were two careers here: a driver, who follows orders and perhaps an Executive, who gives directives. There were many others, just like the episodes in Lost. I obviously can't name all the traffic but each had a destination to get to. Some people accomplished much, others may have just burnt gas.

Now, what is it that you say while driving? Take for instance an old, rugged, Safari Caravan that I overtook with graffiti on the side. It read Bird. Or the GMC Yukon with a United States Air Force sticker on the window emblem? How about the pick up truck with the words Morris County Mosquito Commission? ... mosquitoes?

What is it that you are saying without saying it?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great thoughts....most of the time when I am driving, I'm thinking why I didn't wake up early enough to beat the traffic or avoid another eye from my attending saying (without saying), "can you ever be on time dude". A great sticker I saw-"God is dead said Friedrich Nietzsche" "Nietzsche is dead, says God".....who has the last laugh?