February 10, 2009

Nine red? No one takes nine red!

A couple years ago, I set my lifetime record by driving from Dulles Airport to our home in downtown D.C. without hitting a single red light. (14 greens, 0 reds.)

It's an achievement I have never been able to duplicate.1

In fact, I can’t even get through my four-blocks walk from the Metro to my office without hitting at least one red light. My only hope, after 17 months, is that they change the timing of the traffic signals.

1Enough steroid talk. It's time to get back to what this site is all about: bite-sized portions of triviality, served up since 1997.

4 comments:

alekalumnus said...

Ah, The Death of Ritchie. Good times..."Nobody takes nine reds!"

But can you do something with Cipher in the Snow?

dl004d said...

Success! I'm thrilled you caught that reference. Cipher, you're next!

SJB said...

Oh, yeeeeeah. Nine reds. Home Ec., 7th grade. So formative.

There are clips of Cipher on YouTube, by the way.

SAL said...

OMG Cipher in the Snow!!! that's hilarious. Why do we all remember that one? You don't suppose they still show it...?