Irony Horse

There’s nothing autonomous or automatic about a car. No driver, crash.

It’s a wonder they were ever called ‘automobiles’, especially considering that their predecessors, the horses, were actually quite autonomous.

For instance, I once read an old story where a drunk’s mates’ placed him unconscious on his horse with some (probably drunken) comfort that he would be safely deposited at home. Splat.

There’d be a rule against that these days. The horse would get fined along with the publican, the mates, and even the drunk.

Google and others are working hard to make true automobiles – no hands self-driving autonomous cars.

Even so, do you think the fuckers are going to let us be in them with a few drinks under out belts?

Not a chance – we might touch the wrong button or something.

Really, what is the point?