I've never stood on the side of a road with my thumng for a ride. But, once when I was 13 or 14, my best friend and I went to a planetarium to watch a laser light show to the music of Jimi Hendrix and another one to the music of The Doors. While we sat in our seats waiting for the first show to come on I smelled something unusual but good. I loked up and saw a guy, who appeared to be about 25 yrs. old, walking by. He sat on the same row but on the other side of the room. I jokingly told my friend we should go sit with him. We ended up sitting beside him during both shows. Then we were suppose to call her mom to come pick us up. We called and told her we saw our friend there and her mom would be taking us home. Instead we got in the car with this guy and went home. We didn't even know his name! Luckily he did take us home that night and we ended up becoming friends with him.