Friday, July 24, 2009

Mobile Lounge?

Have you ever been to Dulles Airport and encountered their freaky "Mobile Lounge" shuttle things? You follow the arrows that say "Shuttle to Concourse C," pass through a doorway expecting a long passageway leading to a train or bus, and find yourself in a large, dead-end room with several people standing around. You know something is odd, but you're not exactly sure what. And then a huge train-like vehicle parks itself just outside the window, a vehicle filled with people like you. And you think, Wait a minute: this room IS the shuttle? A few moments later the doors close and the room (18 feet high, 53 feet long) moves away from the concourse....

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