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You Know You Live in DC When...

Last night I was watching Platoon during the last battle scene heard explosions coming from the TV and, I thought, from outside. I opened the curtain and looked outside. No smoke. No burning buildings. No destruction at all. I didn't expect anything to have happened at all, but it seems to be instinctual, even among generally level-headed people like myself who aren't preoccupied with terrorist attacks, to be hyper alert.

A few minutes later the rain began, accompanied by several more thunderclap "explosions". Good freaking God on a stick.

posted by Cypher @ 8:59 AM