to avoid either a) breaking your knees or b) getting a concussion while driving bumper cars at a fair*, you have to do it comme des garçons. that is to say, you slam the pedal with your left leg, bend your right leg towards you, flex your butt, and prop yourself up so that you're a decent foot above your seat. voilà! you will emerge from the chaos unscathed. you are no longer a casualty.
(of course, you only need to do this when there are actual garçons around and they're out for blood on the bumper cars, which tends to happen towards midnight*. things happen late in france. i thought it was a jet lag thing, but no! i've been here for a week now. i haven't gone to bed before two; i haven't woken up before ten.)
*this fair was the famed (?) fête foraine. it's much better, but smaller, than the college station fair. maybe that alone doesn't sound like it's saying a lot, but the food stands here serve waffles and crêpes and all manner of candy. i tried nougat. it was fine! it didn't give me a nosebleed.
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