Chinese Fire Drill

There is a saying that "it's the little things in life that make you happy."  A few days ago, I had a day particularly full of wonderful little things.  I'll share my favorite 3:

1. Waking up to sunlight.  Refer to Controlling the Sun.  Seriously, nothing beats it!

2. Chinese Fire Drill!  (I don't know how politically correct this is... I have just learned this terminology through friends & have no idea where it comes from)

3. Sugar :)

I hadn't actually witnessed a 'Chinese Fire Drill' before a few days ago.  It was HILARIOUS!  Maybe you had to be there, but I'll try my best to set the tone...

My coworker (Let's call her D) was driving the company car with me in the passenger's seat.  We had just begun our journey when we came to a stop behind two other cars at a red light.  Seconds after we stopped, we saw the doors on the car in front of us open simultaneously.  The driver and the passenger each turned about for a second.  D and I looked at each other instantaneously and gasped, "No..." in disbelief.  The driver and passenger both got out of the car in complete synchrony, leaving their doors open, strolled around the back of the car, and got back in via the opposite door.  D and I looked at each other once more, shouted, "Chinese fire drill!" and laughed.  That made my day.

After a less eventful excursion back to work, I entered the office and found this:

...and "Happy people just don't shoot their husbands!" (Name that movie.  It makes me laugh every time.)

Well, it's settled.  Can't argue with nerd logic!

Message of the day: When all else fails, eat more sugar.

...Or... don't.  Really.  If you sustain health problems from consuming too much sugar, please don't say I condoned it.  Cheers!