When your full attention isn't on the radio station in the car, your mind sometimes fills in gaps strangely. This morning, I thought for a moment that I'd heard a DJ say, "Have you seen those bundles of hate mail by the side of (the road)?"
I thought, "I wasn't paying complete attention, so I can't have heard that right." Shortly after this, however, another DJ mentioned going on a hayride, so I realized, "Ah! She said, '...bundles of hay bales...' That makes much more sense."
My reflexive perception of society's divisive discourse is telling, considering my mind went initially to "hate mail."
