Crazy Hat Lady

I hardly ever drive with my windows down but I was doing so the other day; stopped at a light, watching traffic in the opposite direction. When I turned around, this English lady wearing an absolutly ginormus red hat had popped her head into my car -- to ask directions.

She could have reached in and taken my bag, or stabbed me in the chest. I was oblivious.

"Oooh!" she said in her big accent, "Didn't mean to startle you, but is Sunset this way?" Which sounded like, "Ewwwww! Sowwy to stahtle oue, bhut es Sunesit thes whey?"

It turned out she was rather lovely, but I almost punched her in the face. Survival instinct.