Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Big Sur Trip

Imagine this sign. Enter American mom, dad, two brats. Two brats start climbing cliff immediately. Parents say nothing. Dad watches. Mom does nothing but take photos with overly expensive camera she obviously doesn't know how to use.
Brats climb right past sign and out of sight. Brat one throws rock down. Almost kills other tourist below as it bounces off the bottom of the cliff. Dad says 'watch out'. Mom says nothing but takes photos of brats.
On the way down, brat two dislodges LOOSE ROCK, rock hits brat one on head. Brat one starts to cry loudly and annoyingly. Dad comments about brats pants getting dirty. Mom says nothing but takes photos of brats.
Brat one reaches bottom. Dad tells crying brat one that he was 'terrific up there'. Nothing about learning a valuable lesson about signs that are obviously there for public safety. Mom says nothing except take photos of brats.
Brat two reaches bottom. Mom tells brat two to stand still for a photos. Mom and brat scream at each other. When we leave Mom screams at us for wobbling the boardwalk as we leave.
Bloody hell.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

yep. You gotta love 'em.

Naomi said...

Wow. Future candidates for the Darwin awards....

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