The wisdom of silence

[changeling]

I saw a bright-yellow Hummer yesterday as I was walking home from the station. It's only the first or second I've ever seen on the roads. I wanted to take the driver out and shake him, and say, "What is WRONG with you? Not only do you purchase a fuel-guzzling car as oil reserves are starting to dwindle and prices are leaping through the roof, not to mention the fact that we're having a 37°C day in NOVEMBER for fuck's sake, but you buy a fuel-guzzling car that is THE UGLIEST FUCKING CAR I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. It's like a shoebox on wheels! Painted yellow! What happened, did you get your aesthetic sense surgically removed at birth? Or is this revenge on the bored-looking woman sitting next to you in the passenger seat? Are you just an underperformer in the bedroom?"

But I did none of these, because it is unwise to piss off a man driving an urban tank when you are not.