On the Ambiguity of Language

While concocting a viable excuse for being late to work, I stumbled
on a phrase that I turned over a couple of times and realized could be
used to mean several different things. I was thinking about almost
every stoplight I came upon on my way to work turned red before I got
there, and was thinking, “I hit every light on the way here!”

This could be taken in the positive sense, meaning all of them were
green. This is the beginning of a good day, because you know you’ve
already got some luck on your side.

This statement could also be interpreted with negative connotations, such as my example above, when they were all red.

Or this could be used incredibly literally, as in Grand Theft Auto,
meaning instead that my car made PHYSICAL CONTACT with every light
between here and my house.

Yeah, I went there.