A and B are about to drive to the store for groceries. A stands by the door while B studies a map of Kyiv.
A: Well, I’m heading out to start the car…
B: Wait. How exactly are we getting there?
A (puzzled): How’s that, how? By road.
B: Which road?
A (leaning over the map): Well, first down Obolon Avenue, and then we’ll see.
B: “We’ll see”? I need an exact route.
A: It’s simple—Obolon Avenue, Krasnykh Kazakov Avenue, the Moscow Bridge…(moving toward the door)
B: Are you out of your mind! The Moscow Bridge is a parking lot at this hour!
A (coming back): Fine—Novokostiantynivska, then Naberezhno-Khreshchatytska, then either the Paton Bridge or the Metro bridge…
B: How do you get to Naberezhno-Khreshchatytska?
A (puzzled): Uh… well, via Elektrikiv, I guess…
B: There’s construction there!
A (visibly flustered): Okay, then back to Telihy and…
B: You want to take that detour!
A (increasingly agitated): Well, what do you suggest!!
B: Okay, okay, don’t panic—Telihy, then what?
A: And from Telihy to Novokostiantynivska…
B: You can’t turn left there!
A: Then via Frunze…
B: There’ll be traffic!
A: Then…
B: The bridge will collapse!
A: Then…
B: The cops will raid us!
A: Then… then… then… (falls silent, staring at B)
A and B never made it to the store, and after some time, they starved.
P.S. The author has never owned, does not own, and will never own a car, and has no knowledge of traffic regulations whatsoever. The author therefore respectfully requests that no one comment with things like “but you could have turned onto Luhova Street there!”