Traffic

I was telling Hugo a few weeks ago about how I was surprised there wasn't a traffic accident within sight every 30 seconds over here, from looking at the craziness of the roads.

Last Wednesday I heard a huge bang outside the apartment, and loads of screaming and shouting. I looked out the window and a couple of people had been hit by a bus coming around the corner just outside our place. It didn't look too pretty. Within a few minutes it was pandemonium outside, hundreds of people running around to see what was happening, lots of shouting and screaming and hands over mouths, and the inevitable honking of scores of cars desperate to get moving on. Eventually the ambulances came and took them away.

We tried to find out later that evening whether anyone had actually died but only came up with news stories describing how the road had had to be closed for 30 minutes. Hmm. So I'm optimistically taking that to mean that everyone was absolutely fine. Lollipops all round for being brave.

That night we flicked the laptop closed and went to bed.

Another BANG, but this time followed by a yelping dog.

Seriously? For fuck's sake.

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