Monday, January 16, 2012

i-Pod Oblivion

Obliviousness to one's surroundings caused by listening to an iPod or similar device.

This is an actual disorder and was responsible for 81 deaths last year - half of them caused by walking in the path of an oncoming train while wearing earphones.

3 comments:

csmith2884 said...

I have 6 kids and their lives were saved many times over by the same headphones. As in I need to hear something besides my kids for an hour. But I could never wear them on a street or anything like that, and even when I have them on I still can hear somethings like a train or my 6 and 8 year old fighting...oh that's the same sound anyhow.

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

"Get Daddy his headphones!" Classic.

M. D. Jackson said...

Yeah, well I guess Jay Z, Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga just don't warn you of impending doom the way the sound of squealing tires and screeching breaks tend to.