Um, dude...TREE!!!!

OK, so today after my last class ended I called up my buddy Mark for lunch. We had lunch outside, and afterwards we met up with his friend Maggie and hung out on a blanket in the quad, just enjoying the beautiful day. Today the Bradley H.E.A.T's drunk driving exhibit also just so happened to be set up in the quad, complete with drunk goggles, golf carts, and 2 obstacle courses.

We gave it a spin and it was pretty fun, Mark was suspiciously good at it if I may say so myself. While we were out there we saw all kinds of people try the obstacle course. You had the ones who drove really slow and cleared the course easily, you had the ones who knocked over a cone here and there, and then there were the ones who didn't touch the brake once and hit every orange cone in sight. But the day's winner was the lead footed driver who went off-road and ran over a tree. That's right, he ran over the tree. I turned around just in time to see a 10 foot high tree popping back into position after the golf cart cleared it.

The brave volunteer in the cart with the guy saw his life flash before his eyes. After repeated warnings of "DUDE!!!" he decided to abandon ship right before they hit. The volunteer escaped unharmed; it seems that he properly executed the "tuck and roll" maneuver as he dove out of the cart. Needless to say, the H.E.A.T volunteers were not too pleased with the whole situation and the driver maintained his innocence throughout the whole ordeal, repeatedly announcing that he would not "be paying one damn penny" for any damages afforded to the tree. The driver punctuated his remarks by ripping a branch off the tree and hurtling it at the H.E.A.T volunteers before being handcuffed and led away by police.

Keep it real,

Ben