I almost called today to report a dinosaur in the middle of the highway today, and then I laughed at the thought of how that conversation might have gone:
"Hi, I'm calling to report a small dinosaur in the highway, and cars are having to swerve a bit to miss it."
"Did you say 'dinosaur'?"
"Yes, on the ramp from 75 N to 153 N. Between the two lanes."
"Sir, dinosaurs have been extinct for a very long time. Are you sure it was a dinosaur?"
"Yes. I'm not sure if it was a T-rex or some other kind, but I saw a red plastic dinosaur lying between the two lanes. It would have been standing 3 feet tall, but it had fallen down."
"I've sent someone out to clear the dinosaur from the roadway. Thanks for calling."
However, someone else had the joy of that conversation, because when I passed by that same spot about 10 minutes later three emergency vehicles had pulled over with flashing arrows to warn drivers to move left, and then a valiant emergency plastico-paleontologist (EPP) removed the red dinosaur from the roadway. The EPP probably had a fluorescent yellow class three reflective vest on--a really bright highway construction vest.
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On an unrelated note, I went to court for jury duty selection this morning, and was not selected. There were 30 of us as potential jurors, and they only needed 6.