45. This Road is My Road, and Only My Road

Ah, road cones. These bright, often orange sentinels of the streets possess a peculiar authority, unchallenged by drivers and pedestrians alike. In a world where parking spots are the modern-day equivalent of territorial conquests, road cones emerge as the ultimate tool of reservation.

Need to reserve a spot? Deploy a trio of cones and watch as an invisible barrier materializes, deterring would-be spot usurpers with the efficiency of a medieval moat. The adjacent spots? Coned off, they become buffer zones in your vehicular fiefdom. Just don’t use it too much, or you might start showing your hand and upsetting bystanders and neighbors.