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Warning: This post contains nuts. If you are allergic to nuts, this post could trigger an unpleasant reaction.

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May 14, 2024
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A driver is waiting at the signal of an intersection to turn left. In front of her are three more cars. The light turns green but the cars in front stay put.

There is an oversized vehicle trying to slowly maneuver its way across. The driver starts honking relentlessly in a mad fit. Maybe she thinks that making noise is going to make the semi turn any faster. Honking continues.

That driver is a nut, one of many out there on our civillized roads. Occasionally they will challenge us to a duel. Are you going to stay calm and let the moment pass? Or, are you going to go nuts?

In India, there is a saying when kids do stupid unreasonable things but I am so stuffed that I can’t remember it now.

Everyone gets to make a choice before we do something crazy. Only some live to tell the tale.

When KFC introduced the Double Down burger in 2010, I remember seeing the ad on TV and saying, “that could be the death of me”.

Photo courtesy: WABC-TV, Eyewitness News

So I never answered their call to find the …

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