a superhero for the rest of us
so once i was visiting rich in philadelphia. he'd recently bought a car and wasn't entirely used to driving again. (it had a device on the steering wheel that allowed him to drive using one arm.) he was also talking a mile a minute, and probably looking in eleven different directions at once, possibly also gesticulating wildly. as we approached a crosswalk, he didn't see the woman who was crossing at the time, and almost hit her.
how he managed not to see her, i'm sure i don't know. she was a massive black woman, and she wasn't moving fast. but most notable was her attire. she was wearing a spandex catsuit, particolored -- red on the right, bright blue on the left.
rich slammed on the brakes, then turned to me in disbelief and gasped, "did you see that? i almost hit superman!"