Juxtapositions

[ladysprite]

So I drive a lot for work, both doing relief work and house calls.  And I don't mind this, mostly because I've developed a serious audiobook habit.  And luckily, the local libraries have amazing and diverse audiobook collections, meaning that this is a free and harmless habit.

Since I've become a smartphone owner, I've also consolidated my car gizmos, such that my phone is now both my GPS and my audiobook player.  This has a lot of good results, such as the fact that my car is much less a maze of wires, and that I have fewer bits of machinery beeping and yammering at me while I drive.

However, the downside of having both functions in one piece of equipment is that occasionally they interact with each other in very odd ways.  In particular, the audiobooks need to pause to let the GPS tell me where to go.  And about once a day or so, the timing on this works out such that I'm treated to proclamations such as....

"She turned to me, and with her dying breath gasped out, 'TURN LEFT ONTO STORROW DRIVE.'"

or
"I raised my hand to point at the murderous roboticist and cried, 'GPS SIGNAL LOST.'"

Strangely, though, sometimes these make the story even more fascinating....

Comments

[arachne8x.livejournal.com]

I love this.

[keshwyn]

::choked sound of evening glass of milk exiting through nose::

I should know better than to read your LJ while drinking anything. Well played, madame!

[darkoni]

I now want to read the GPS Murders book series.

[etherial.livejournal.com]

by Dan Brown, of course.

[mindways]

That is awesome and hilarious. :)

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

*snicker*

[meranthi.livejournal.com]

Recalculating!!

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

I especially like the second one. Sounds like a good curse to put on a murderous roboticist...

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I needed the giggle. And I could see a market for this, except nobody would ever reach their destination b/c they'd want to keep driving to find out what happens next.

[jducoeur]

Just *barely* managed to swallow the tea before snorfing it all over the monitor.

Related to this: if you have a CD player and any interest, I have a zillion Teaching Company audio courses you'd be welcome to borrow. I've mostly switched to video now that I'm mainly doing them while I'm on the elliptical, but I have a couple dozen audio courses I bought for commuting...

[citabria]

I'm sure I'm saying something that's already been said, but I feel the need to say that that is absolutely, wonderfully awesome. :)

[hermitgeecko.livejournal.com]

This made me laugh. Thanks for sharing!