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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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xkcd #1105: License Plate
That's why you get some friends together to all have similar plates. Similar cars too, if possible.
"Was it the gray Corolla, or the gray Camry? Was de-badged?" "They are all de-badged! What about the prius from the bank robbery?" "There are three cyan prii, that fled from that" "Were they driving an LE or SE model trim?" "No idea, did anyone check what wheels they had?" "Oh, they are known to swap the wheels of the different trims of that generation" "I've heard that they wrap the cars before they pull a job, so they don't expose the real paint job" "GAHHHH"
We once went on a Nissan Skyline cruise, which was basically 30+ Nissan Skylines travelling together between landmarks.
At one point a police car came past the other way just as two of them did a rolling race which involved much noise and tyre smoke.
Police car spins around and arrives to find... 30+ of the same model car parked up, and no one remembers who it was that might have done it.
Security through obscurity worked fine that day.
Yeah, if you want conspiracy and RICO charges added to make sure you spend the rest of your life being tortured in prisons..
I mean I think the Toyota Corolla is still the most popular new car worldwide, and bland colors like white and gray are the most common as they are neutral colors that everyone seems to be okay with. Not our fault we want to use dependable boring transportation for our families, officer...
How is it that there is always a fitting xkcd no matter what kind of hilarious situation is mentioned?
(Not actually Randall)