Dear horn-honking, minivan-driving dad:
I know you thought that if you honked your horn, that car at the front of the line would realize that the green arrow was all his and stop holding up the turn lane. But seriously dude? You were five cars behind him. There’s no way the front driver heard you. The guy directly in front of you did, though, for sure, and I’m sure he was all, WTF, like there’s anything I can do about it!
Dear minivan Mom with writing on the back window of your Odyssey:
It’s really cute that your kids are the Flippin’ Dolphins or the Splashin’ Neptunes (”Swim Fast Brittney!”), and I applaud their involvement in a fine summer activity, and your support thereof. But really, you need to hide that paint or whatever it is they used to vandalize write on your car. I will concede you the minivan because of its practicality, but honey, there’s just nothing cool about “SHARKS RULE!” in blue paint on the entire back window of your vehicle. Not that you’re trying to be cool or anything.
Sincerely,
Soup
Filed under: letters, overextended family, rant, suburbs, travelling | Tagged: honk, letters, minivan, motorists, paint on car, rant, swim team
Meg! Two of my pet-peeves as well. It gets better – the “thing” for the young, hip teens to do is paint eachother’s cars and car windows w/ sayings/flowers. The oddest – they do a frame around the driver’s area in the windsheild then arrows and “hottie” or “cuttie” or someother expression of interest. Strange!
GAAAH! – really? They paint cars with non-swim motifs? SHOOT ME NOW, I swear I am not allowing my children to do that! Maybe it’s a Texas thing.
The aggressive/obnoxious drivers in No.Va./DC/MD area are in a class of their own. I love the omnipresent “finger” that is extended after eye contact is made from the offensive horn honker to his poor victim. (Oh yeah, that’s original, I’ll just give him the finger! That’ll learn him!)
We do not have that here where I live currently, however if I venture into the Outer Regions I will occasionally happen upon a tailgater or otherwise nasty driver. There is no better revenge than not letting their actions get to me. It angers them even more.
Idiots.
We don’t have the writing on the windows thing so much, although I have seen it. And in every single case it’s been irritating.
Amen.
ha ha ha. this is another soup classic. we were once at wolftrap and some ridiculousness was beeeeeping and screaming and getting all freakin agitatin. Dude, we’re all stuck. go away.
But that’s not why i’m here. I’m here to say… THIS THREAD HAS BEEN HIJACKED TO SAY: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOUPY MEG!!!!! HAPPY BDAY TO YA!!!!!! HUGGLES TO SOUPY SALES, I MEAN SOUPY MEG. GIVE HER THE LOVE. NOW!!!!