Uber-man dropped them at the Segway rental from the train station. Jib and Tag had been studying Segway touring routes for NYC; the map was criss-crossed in varying-colored neon highlighters.
Jib spied a pub a few doors down. “Tag, let’s have one for the road first, shall we, and chit-chat the locals for any tips.”
Jib, who never knew when to quit, was on his fifth pint of Magners when Tag said, “Let’s go.”
Jib mounted his two-wheeled steed and saw a wide open range of concrete.
“Yee-haw!,” he hooted as he leaned forward full throttle.
He never felt a thing.
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Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the educational host of Friday Fictioneers.
Tao Talk 
Those things are lethal, especially when drunk I imagine. I read recently they are going to stop producing them, so they may disappear eventually.
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Let’s hope so, but the self-driving cars are taking their place…
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A fitting end for anyone who yells Yee Haw
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LOL :)
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Eek! I’ve always been suspicious of those things. You’d never catch me trying one!
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Especially half drunk! I hear you.
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Oh, no! I feel tempted when I see Segways in big cities. Then I remember that there are also cars on the roads.
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I’ve never tried one and don’t know anyone who has.
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A tragic end!
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Poor Jib, I hope he recovers soon.
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Taxis are notorious for not making allowances for errant pedestrians, or those on smaller sets of wheels. But as a person walking, I’ve learned not to trust bikes, scooters, skateboards, or anything related either. Even the sidewalks are not safe. (K)
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I can imagine NYC is the most dangerous for pedestrians. Do you think the city could operate if motor vehicles were prohibited? I know there are a few big countries in Europe and S America that have turned bike-friendly and seem to be doing ok.
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It has been proposed in various forms on and off for years, but Americans love the “freedom” of their vehicles. Community good is not in the American vocabulary.
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Segways look pretty hard to control at the best of times, let alone while drunk!
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Yes!
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Ouch! Even though he didn’t feel anything. Nice cautionary tale!
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Thank you, Joy (if Joy is your name!)
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Jolly is my name but a lot of people call me Joy because that’s my studio’s name. I love both :)
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OK cool, I’ll try to remember :)
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Very good story about the oh so unreliable segways.
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Thank you, Neel. Sorry, just found your comment in my spam folder.
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Lovely story
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Thank you, Neel, glad you enjoyed the story :)
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I snort laughed at this and now I feel bad for being a Mean Girl,lol.
People who ride Segways look HILARIOUS doing it. I’d imagine drunk ones who yell Yee haw look even funnier.
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LOL Good, it had the intended effect :)
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Bang!!! Well he had that coming I guess, in fact all segway drivers do! Lovely stuff
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LOL um…… Yeah! They Do! ;)
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if there was a silver lining, it was he never felt a thing. :)
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:)
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Dear Lisa,
Jib had more daring than brains for sure. Sounds like his Segway ride segued him to the hospital…hopefully not morgue. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, so funny about his second segue to the hospital. Glad you enjoyed the story. Thank you.
Shalom,
Lisa
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Famous last words.
“Yee-haw!,” Kinda like “Hey hold this beer and watch this!”
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LOL :)
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I can’t control roller skates, so I would last long on these things!
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LOL, and especially 3 sheets to the wind.
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Plastered, literally as well as figuratively.
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LOL Linda!
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You got Jib’s ignorance perfectly. At least he never felt a thing !
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Thanks for your comment :)
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Oh dear! Dont drink and ride! Ouch
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Yeah. No. A Segway is bad enough… a drunk driver on a Segway? Not a good combo.. However, your story was!
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lol Nicely put, Dale. Thanks.
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I didn’t realise they were called Segways. You learn something every day, if only not to drink while your using one.
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Thank you for reading and commenting, Sandra.
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YIKES … drinking and driving is bad enough but on a Segwa y it seems suicidal.
It looks like someone is going to need a face lift. 👍 fun tale!
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LOL on the facelift. Thanks for reading and commenting, Isadora.
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LOL
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Well done. A few eons back, that’d been me.
If I have a self-driving car, I want a robot to run the errands and do the shopping.
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Thank you, Bill. It will be interesting to see how the robots continue to worm their ways into our worlds.
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Ouch! I would have thought his sense of balance would have gone. He probably felt he was floating. Hopefully a lesson learnt with a trip to the hospital and not the morgue.
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Thanks for reading and commenting.
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Oh, Dear. Poor Jib. At least he didn’t feel anything.
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Thank you for reading and commenting.
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You’re welcome :)
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