I know that my parents aren't going to be too thrilled to see themselves on my blog. I do have a reason for it, I actually wanted a picture of my Dad and then I found this one of my Dad saying something funny and my Mom laughing at him and since it is such a common scene I thought this is the one to use. Now bare with me while I tell my story and just know that eventually it leads to a "Dad story". (I could probably write "Dad stories" just like I write "Liam & McKinna stories"). Today I was driving home and I was stopped in a long line of cars at a red light. The light turned green and about a half a second later the guy next to me honked his horn. I thought "wow someone is in a hurry". Then a few seconds later he honked his horn again, and I thought "give everyone a second to get rolling here, it's a lot of cars" . Then came another honk and I thought "boy, this guy is a real JERK". Finally the cars were all going at a normal speed and I realized that still every few seconds this guys' horn was still honking and that maybe he was having some sort of horn malfunction. Then I had a flashback to when I was a kid and my Dad had a little Datsun pickup (I know that half of you don't even remember when Datsun trucks existed but trust me they did and my Dad had one) and for what seemed like a week every time my Dad turned a corner his horn would just start honking and would continue to honk until the turn was complete. We being kids were horrified by the attention this was drawing, and my Dad being who he is thought the whole thing was so funny and the fact that we were embarrassed made it even more fun for him. So every time we would turn my Dad would say "come on kids, wave." I wish I could post the picture that I have in my mind because it is truly funny. It's too bad the guy from this morning did think to wave at people, so we could all think that he was just saying "hi" and not just being a jerk.
5 comments:
That is a good one. I have some stories like that too from when I was a kid. I think they are funny now, but was humiliated back then as well.
That is funny!
How do you get your font like that? My selection of fonts doesn't have that...what do you do special?
I have so many stories of being horribly embarrassed as a child, and now I find it hilarious. Whenever we would go through the McDonald's drive thru, my "dad" would ask for a Sad Meal instead of a Happy Meal. I was always so mortified.
Also when I was in high school I had a Volkswagon beetle that the horn would start going off randomly for minutes at a time. We finally had to disable the horn.
That is an awesome memory. Too funny.
I don't know how Amy managed to add a double chin to my body in this shot but she managed a whopper!!!!! I must protest. :) Mom
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