When you get locked out do you pretend you're the finest thief in the lands?
You're late, you're in a rush, you've had a rubbish day, you leave the room, the door slams shut behind you and you reach into your pocket for your keys. They're not in your pocket. And if they're not in your pocket where are they?
They're in your room and you're not in your room anymore because you just left your room and the door slammed shut: you're locked out. There are three ways to react to this situation, well no four. 1) panic, 2) kick down the door 3) attempt death defying stunts to get through the window or 4) become the lockpick genius.
As the lockpick genius it doesn't matter if you have little to no experience in picking locks, lock mechanics or anything to do with locks in general. All you need is a paperclip, a little luck and a determined look on your face. We've all seen it in movies, they stick in a wire or whatever they find, twist it around a bit, something about tumblers and then bam the door is open. Real life? Turns out it's not that simple.
I know I do this, I've done it numerous times and I'm ashamed to admit I have never picked a door. I then resorted to 2) but gave up and wound up sleeping on the floor in the kitchen. And perhaps that is the rightful place of the lockpick genius.
So do you do this?
Monday, 30 April 2012
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Secret agent mode
When you go clubbing do you pretend you're a secret agent?
Do you do this?
Often when you go clubbing you get split up or someone has to go outside to smoke. Sometimes you get split from your group.
This is when you become a secret agent.
There's smoke, lights, people dancing all over the place. You vaguely remember what your group were wearing and, indeed, who you're with. You go to where they last were: there's no one there.
Now you have to scan across that room like you're the freaking Terminator. Each and every dancing body could be one of your pals. If you don't find them you might not be able to get home, your mission, regardless of whether you accept it, is to find those particular dancing goons.
So you have to navigate through people and move them aside without starting a fight. You have to look at everything, shoes, faces, sometimes you have to wait for the lights to shoot a certain way.
So do you do this, or is it just me?
Do you do this?
Often when you go clubbing you get split up or someone has to go outside to smoke. Sometimes you get split from your group.
This is when you become a secret agent.
There's smoke, lights, people dancing all over the place. You vaguely remember what your group were wearing and, indeed, who you're with. You go to where they last were: there's no one there.
Now you have to scan across that room like you're the freaking Terminator. Each and every dancing body could be one of your pals. If you don't find them you might not be able to get home, your mission, regardless of whether you accept it, is to find those particular dancing goons.
So you have to navigate through people and move them aside without starting a fight. You have to look at everything, shoes, faces, sometimes you have to wait for the lights to shoot a certain way.
So do you do this, or is it just me?
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