Reply #22: Once, about 25 years ago...

[Richard Steele]

We were in a crowded shopping-mall parking lot; every space was full
and we had to park at an adjacent tire store.
(It was Sunday; the tire place was closed)

After walking 200 yards across the lot, we came across an EXTREMELY
annoying example of asshattish douchebaggery: 20 feet from the entrance,
someone had parked an immaculately restored 427 Chevelle at a 45º angle
across TWO frickin SPACES.

The car was perfect- too perfect to be original. It was buffed and polished
to perfection. Clearly, it was some inconsiderate asshole's pride and joy.

I lit a cigarette, and carefully laid it in the gap where the trunk lid met
the fender, where I knew it would burn all the way down without going out,
charring paint along the way.

An old lady leaving the mall watched me place the cigarette.
She smiled, nodded, and walked on.