Hobos 'R Us -
June 29, 2005
On roadtrips my family would always play this game.. See if you can hold your breath through the ENTIRE TUNNEL. It didn't occur to me at the time to ask why we might be doing such a silly thing.
Tonight, as I was watching a PBS thing on trains, it finally occured to me: If you were a hobo riding a steam train and you're close to the stack when you enter a tunnel you're going to suffocate. If you don't hold your breath.
Funny how most of the time you don't realize things are mysterious until they're explained. (Possibly explained. Would-be-neat-if explained.)
I also found this sweet sign on a fark thread (was discussing scientology with coworkers at lunch):
Posted by eric at June 29, 2005 10:02 PM