Rick Nelson and Claude Peck dispense unasked-for advice about clothing, etiquette, culture, relationships, grooming and more.
RN: I know that I shouldn't be talking on my cell and driving. But inching along in traffic isn't exactly what I'd call "driving."
CP: What's your license-plate number again? I fear I must report you to the State Patrol.
RN: Tattletale. I've spent the past 20 minutes crawling through several blocks of 9th Street in downtown Minneapolis. I'm fairly certain I'm going to miss the start of yoga class. Namaste, indeed.
CP: You think it's bad now, just wait for summer. The DOT has just printed 75,000 new "Detour" signs, and plans to use every one of them.
RN: Thanks for the reminder, I think. I've just counted to six, as in the number of red lights I've waited through as I attempt to cross Marquette. Maddening. I propose that all mayoral candidates be required to direct rush-hour traffic before the election.
CP: Remember when gridlock was something that happened elsewhere, to city dwellers less fortunate? Hello.
RN: I'm this close to exiting my Ion and yelling unkind things at the dunderheads who pull into the intersection and stop, blocking the flow of oncoming traffic. Didn't their driver's-ed instructors teach them that that's a no-no?
