[extropy-chat] over the river and thru the woods...

[spike]

The law of unintended consequences occasionally creates
favorable outcomes.  Consider seatbelt laws.  Those of
us over about 35 remember the days of piling into the
station wagon or equivalent Detroit.  Big back seat where
the larvae could bounce around, beat each other, moon the
other drivers, have a blast.  The seat belts hadn't been 
seen since they were stuffed behind the seat somewhere 
back during the Nixon administration.  

Of course this did have its drawbacks.  Cars occasionally hit
large immobile objects or objects hurtling the opposite
direction, at which time the larvae would go thru the
windshield and become protoplasm projectiles, possibly
striking innocent bystanders.  Actual people could be 
injured or seriously killed.

Seatbelt laws have made them and us much safer, but as
an unintended consequence, has also made the offspring
much less comfortable and far less willing travelers.  Now 
mom and dad must listen to the whining and bitching the 
whole trip.  Many decide to just say to hell with it 
and not go at all.  Think of how much fuel is saved.

Dad:  Hey kids!  Who wants to go to grandma's house?

Larvae, in unison:  Noooooooooooooo!...



{8^D

spike