On the Water: How could we not see this coming? -Part Ⅰ

摘要

It's all fun and games until somebody goes over the handlebars." A bicycle riding metaphor that is suitable for any occasion, especially now. The implication is that "somebody" was too busy enjoying themself as they rode along and weren't paying enough attention to the road ahead. In mariner's terms, the person wasn't looking out the windows and didn't have a proper lookout posted. In this case somebody is really everybody, and at least some of the lookouts were in fact looking out for what we've collided with. They just weren't really heeded.