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Thursday, June 09, 2005

 

Car rides are funny

If you’ve ever been a passenger in my car, you know that it is a place where many emotions are expressed including infinite patience, love of other drivers, and joy when finding parking is a particular challenge.

I try to avoid driving when possible, but a car is useful for transporting say air conditioners, plywood, large bags of tulips, or frozen stuff from Trader Joes that might not survive half an hour in the backpack on a hot day.

On several recent occasions, a passenger has said:

“I’m like Tinkerbell. Every time you complain I die a little inside.”

and

“I’m going to start calling you Bitchy Longstockings when you’re in the car.”

Humor wins. We laugh, we all feel better, and I feel grateful to have someone around who says that kind of stuff.

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