Friday, June 25, 2010
Big Bang...
Yesterday, my friend Dean and I travelled to Seattle for an afternoon Mariners' game at Safeco Field. It was a beautiful day except for absolutely NO parking! Sheesh, we drove around that area for an hour and a half looking for anything, but zilch. Anyways, we finally found something and got into the stadium for the bottom half of the 5th inning. The M's and Cubs were tied at 2 apiece at the end of the 9th, and didn't settle it until the 13th inning! (3-2 Cubs) So we almost got to see a full game anyways (nice save, baseball gods).
The thing that got me thinking, however, was on the way to Seattle, we passed a semi tanker truck that had bright orange signs on it saying, "Molten Sulphur." Wow. Where did they pick up molten sulphur from and where are they delivering it to? Who puts in an order for MOLTEN SULPHUR?? Hell, maybe? "Here's your order of molten sulphur, your lowness, Prince of Darkness, sir. Just sign on the dotted line and initial that it's been received."
Seriously, who is working with that stuff? On the way back from Seattle, we passed another semi tanker truck with a sign saying, "Liquified Petroleum Gas." I'm not sure of the chemical properties involved here, but what would happen if Truck A crashed into Truck B? Molten Sulphur versus LPG! Could be the end of the world as we know it. Or at the very least, a Hollywood-worthy, Bruckheimer-esque explosion to rock the screen!
Or maybe they cancel each other out. Fizzle...
The thing that got me thinking, however, was on the way to Seattle, we passed a semi tanker truck that had bright orange signs on it saying, "Molten Sulphur." Wow. Where did they pick up molten sulphur from and where are they delivering it to? Who puts in an order for MOLTEN SULPHUR?? Hell, maybe? "Here's your order of molten sulphur, your lowness, Prince of Darkness, sir. Just sign on the dotted line and initial that it's been received."
Seriously, who is working with that stuff? On the way back from Seattle, we passed another semi tanker truck with a sign saying, "Liquified Petroleum Gas." I'm not sure of the chemical properties involved here, but what would happen if Truck A crashed into Truck B? Molten Sulphur versus LPG! Could be the end of the world as we know it. Or at the very least, a Hollywood-worthy, Bruckheimer-esque explosion to rock the screen!
Or maybe they cancel each other out. Fizzle...
# posted by Dairn @ 9:51 AM 
