Comments on: Designated Walker http://www.shalampax.com/blog/2009/12/23/designated-walker/ Inanity Reigns Supreme: The voice of Shalampax Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Birdinhand http://www.shalampax.com/blog/2009/12/23/designated-walker/comment-page-1/#comment-1505 Birdinhand Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:28:30 +0000 http://www.shalampax.com/blog/?p=1153#comment-1505 <a href="#comment-1504" rel="nofollow">@David</a>: I don't know, I foresee a number of problems with your suggestion. For one, if there are serious drunk-walking accidents, imagine what damage a drunkard could do with one of those things. And if everyone started driving them, we'd have to set some hallway driving laws and maybe put in some traffic lights to prevent chaos. In addition, if we stopped walking, we wouldn't get any exercise at all. I admit that it will be difficult to find any people willing to be designated walkers, but I think it's our best shot. @David: I don’t know, I foresee a number of problems with your suggestion. For one, if there are serious drunk-walking accidents, imagine what damage a drunkard could do with one of those things. And if everyone started driving them, we’d have to set some hallway driving laws and maybe put in some traffic lights to prevent chaos. In addition, if we stopped walking, we wouldn’t get any exercise at all.

I admit that it will be difficult to find any people willing to be designated walkers, but I think it’s our best shot.

]]> By: David http://www.shalampax.com/blog/2009/12/23/designated-walker/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 David Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:21:15 +0000 http://www.shalampax.com/blog/?p=1153#comment-1504 I think you are missing an ideal high tech solution. Those electric scooters that are always being advertized on TV would mean no one needs to stand or walk. The bar could save money by no longer needing to provide chairs or stools. They could run in the hallways now that they would have no obstacles thanks to the robot vacuums. And let's face the facts - where is anyone going to find a Shampaxian who will remain sober enough to be the designated walker?? I think you are missing an ideal high tech solution. Those electric scooters that are always being advertized on TV would mean no one needs to stand or walk. The bar could save money by no longer needing to provide chairs or stools. They could run in the hallways now that they would have no obstacles thanks to the robot vacuums.

And let’s face the facts – where is anyone going to find a Shampaxian who will remain sober enough to be the designated walker??

]]> By: Birdinhand http://www.shalampax.com/blog/2009/12/23/designated-walker/comment-page-1/#comment-1502 Birdinhand Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:37:08 +0000 http://www.shalampax.com/blog/?p=1153#comment-1502 <a href="#comment-1500" rel="nofollow">@The Hawg!</a>: Wow, you really lack freedom where you live, don't you? We don't have public intoxication laws. You only get in trouble if you do something that <i>is</i> illegal while intoxicated, but there's not a lot that's illegal here. @The Hawg!: Wow, you really lack freedom where you live, don’t you? We don’t have public intoxication laws. You only get in trouble if you do something that is illegal while intoxicated, but there’s not a lot that’s illegal here.

]]> By: Birdinhand http://www.shalampax.com/blog/2009/12/23/designated-walker/comment-page-1/#comment-1501 Birdinhand Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:35:11 +0000 http://www.shalampax.com/blog/?p=1153#comment-1501 <a href="#comment-1499" rel="nofollow">@Patricia</a>: Cars would be a bit silly in Shalampax. We have only one building and no roads. The only thing we could do with a car is make out in the back seat and we have plenty of other places for that. @Patricia: Cars would be a bit silly in Shalampax. We have only one building and no roads. The only thing we could do with a car is make out in the back seat and we have plenty of other places for that.

]]> By: The Hawg! http://www.shalampax.com/blog/2009/12/23/designated-walker/comment-page-1/#comment-1500 The Hawg! Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:32:52 +0000 http://www.shalampax.com/blog/?p=1153#comment-1500 That's a heck of an idea, but there's one thing to consider -- getting charged with public intoxication. Yes, even walking down the road drunk in these parts can get you picked up on a public intox charge (heck, people have been known to get charged with public intox when riding in a car with a designated driver). I, then, would suggest at least two designated walkers -- one on which the drunks can lean and another to help straighten up the drunks as they slump so they look more stable and can avoid getting charged. That’s a heck of an idea, but there’s one thing to consider — getting charged with public intoxication. Yes, even walking down the road drunk in these parts can get you picked up on a public intox charge (heck, people have been known to get charged with public intox when riding in a car with a designated driver).

I, then, would suggest at least two designated walkers — one on which the drunks can lean and another to help straighten up the drunks as they slump so they look more stable and can avoid getting charged.

]]> By: Patricia http://www.shalampax.com/blog/2009/12/23/designated-walker/comment-page-1/#comment-1499 Patricia Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:24:34 +0000 http://www.shalampax.com/blog/?p=1153#comment-1499 So--no cars in Shalampax? I like that. So–no cars in Shalampax? I like that.

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