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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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You can do that, I do that, but there are an awful lot of drivers who seem incapable. My home commute has 2 lanes exiting the expressway and I need the left (inner) one to make my turn at the base. It seems like more than one trip in ten I'll have somebody driving in the right lane realize they're about to be forced off the expressway at the last second (after 2 miles of exit only warning signs, dashed stripes on the road informing them of forced exit in less than 1/2 mile, etc.) and they'll swerve without looking across my lane, often across the painted exit median covered in debris because only a few idiots ever drive on that part of the tarmac.