A few weeks ago a local radio talk show host said earth is under attack from space aliens. They are from a planet called Oblivia which is located in a neighboring galaxy. He describe some of his encounters with Oblivians and said we have to be on the look out for them. They look and act just like normal folks in every respect except for one trait, they think that they are the only person around.
Since then I have been watching for Oblivians and he was right, they are everywhere. I have had the most encounters while driving. Oblivians don’t signal turns or lane changes. They run red lights. The other day I was waiting in a line of traffic while driving through a construction zone. About a quarter mile of the road was barricaded into one lane and the flaggers were allowing cars to pass in one direction at a time. I ended up being the third car in line when we were stopped by a flagger and it was going to be about a 5 minute wait so I shut off the engine to my truck. To my left was a young man wanting to turn left in the direction I was going. When traffic started moving again I was going to let him in line in front of me. But he couldn’t wait. He pulled into the lane of traffic going the opposite direction that he wanted to to go, stopped, and sat waiting for traffic to move. Suddenly here come traffic wanting to use that same lane to go in the opposite direction he was heading. I could not move and neither could any other cars. Soon all traffic comes to a stop and he sits there with a dumb looking smile on his face hunching his shoulder playing dumb. The flagger comes over and tells him to back out of the way to traffic can clear. He just sat there not saying anything. He did turn on his signal notifying everyone that he did want to merge into the other lane of traffic. The flagger and a constuction worker moved some big barrels so traffic could move and he could get in the other lane. Traffic finally started moving again.
I fear soon earth may become overun with Oblivians. Yesterday one knocked over my grand daughter with a shopping cart and just kept on going. Another one made a right hand turn. From the left turn lane. All of us Earthings must band together and fight the menace of the Oblivians. The radio host suggested stamping red “O’s” on their foreheads. There Oblivians, they would never notice. I was thinking we should round them all up and put them some place where they can’t hurt others, maybe fence off North Dakota and put them all there. Be on the look out for Oblivians, you don’t want one ruining your day.