So I'm driving to work today and I get cut off pretty badly by some man in a tattered, old boat. Huge thing, probably could've crushed my hot '94 Chevy Cav, which is really saying something about the enormous state of his tin machine. Weirdest, most annoying part of this near-death experience was that it wasn't quick, just out of the blue.

I could see this guy was drifting a *wee* bit close to my lane, but figured, of course he sees me coming to pass him, no way he's going to keep drifting. Well, I was wrong. His massive, ominous boat drift, drift, drifted just this close from the front of my car and the assface took over my side of the road. G-D, dangerous geezer.**

As I was cursing him in my only little Midwest way ("Really?! Sir, are you KIDDING me?!?"), I noticed a peculiar sign in his back window: DIALYSIS PATIENT. Um...okay? I immediately, for some unknown reason, felt a bit guilty at semi-cursing him. Oh, well, he's a dialysis patient. Don't be an asshole, Christine. But then the mere illogical nature of this slammed me in the face: so what??

I have never been on, nor do I know anyone who has been on, dialysis. I honestly don't know what it does to a person, their motor skills (no pun intended), their attitude, etc. I mean, does it automatically make a person a bad driver? Is this something I'm just catching on to? My theory? - any bad-driving Tom, Dick or Jane can throw a "Dialysis Patient" sign into their window and be forgiven for poor roadway manuevering. Really don't seem fair.

I mean, where do we draw the line?

"Asthma Sufferer"?
"Plastic Surgery Patient"?
"On a Clinical Trial"?

**If you find yourself offended by any of the above, try driving behind one of these people. Go 'head. Go 'head, get down.