Traffic Excercise (for Rama)

If you have ever complained about traffic and you have not been to India, please try this exercise. You'll need to find a partner and a dog.

1. Tell your friend that starting today all of his household trash must be thrown into your garage. No bags, just toss it in the corners or wherever she or he feels like throwing it. 
2. Let the dog into your garage only to go potty. 
3. Turn the heat on in your garage so that as soon as you walk into it you begin to sweat. 
   
4. Wait one week for best results.
   
5. Go into the garage with your friend and have him start your car. Be sure to run the car for at least 15 minutes so that your garage fills with exhaust. For safety reasons you may crack the man door, but the big garage doors should remain closed.
   
6. Stand directly in front of your car and have your friend start honking. How long should you do this? Do this as long as you can. When you start to think to yourself that just one more minute of this would make your head explode, that means you only have 1 hour to go.
7. Switch with your partner and repeat.

After this you will find yourself much more relaxed in typical driving situations and other potentially frustrating situations. If you think I am exaggerating, I only have this to say. Today my auto rickshaw driver told me that all the honking here was starting to drive him nuts. Me too, Rama. Me too.