70 mph Popcorn

I picked up a large bag of cheese popcorn from a gas station convenience store to have something to snack on while driving down the highway. I opened the bag before starting the car expecting the wonderful smell of processed cheesey goodness – but was instead greeted by a stale styrofoam odor. For two bucks I didn’t want to stand in line again, so I threw the bag in the car with thoughts of calling the company or visiting their website. However, a couple miles down the highway it started stinking up my whole car so I decided to roll down the window and just dump out the popcorn. I know, I know… littering. But I figured it was biodegradable and birds could eat it. Plus, it did really smell bad! I got the bag about half-way out the window when the wind caught it. As I was holding on to keep the bag and my hand (also biodegradable, I suppose) from flying down the highway I felt something hitting my face and arms. A good portion of the stinky cheese popcorn had flown back *into* the car in a flurry of powdery orange snow. Two days later and I’m still picking out stale popcorn from the seats. At least anything I miss is biodegradable, I remind myself.