This bright yellow bungee cord stuck out such that I saw it 100 feet away. It was right on the edge of the road, so it makes me think that one side came loose on a load, and it simply dropped off. It certainly didn’t fly off, like a shot rubber band. It was nearly new, with just a little abrasion on the outside edges of the hooks, making me think that it was rubbing against something else, maybe holding down a tarp over a box on a large truck that had many boxes on the back? There was almost no wear or fading on the cord itself, however, meaning that it had seen little sun or time at work. So, I’m thinking a relatively new cord, on a trip of some length accounting for the wear pattern. Now thinking about bungee cords, I have to know where the word comes from. Unfortunately, wikipedia provides little help with respect to origin, but some other interesting information can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungee_cord. If you know more about bungee cords, fill us in! I rarely bring things home. This I did. It's in the back of my wife's car now.
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