Dad threatened
to pull over the
car if we didn’t
stop misbehaving.
***
So we stopped misbehaving.
***
And Dad, true to
his word, didn’t
pull over the car.
***
Not even when we
passed our house.
***
He just kept
driving and driving.
***
“Always be true to your nature,”
said Dad, merging
onto the interstate.
.
.
Keep circulating the URL
t r e f o l o g y 
Oh, I like this parenting approach, tref. Whenever you looked out the car window and saw something interesting, you’d just misbehave and Hey Presto! you’re visiting a new place.*
* Would would it work for bathroom breaks too?
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Granted we ended up about five miles outside of Reno. That’s when we ran out of gas. We got immediately separated when one of us yelled, “Bees!” So I hitched ride from a trucker, my dad was picked up by a van of Krishnas and we didn’t see him again until late October. And my brother was, of course, imaginary. Thanks, Bruce!
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Take one step out your door and who knows where you could end up!
You weren’t packing heat in Reno, were you Geo?
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Amazing. I love this kind of logic
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Thanks, Steve!
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Haha! 😆
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Thanks, Sadje!
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You’re very welcome
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Bless that man plenty.
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Indeed. Thanks, Bob
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😂 this got me. I love how simple it starts and then just quietly goes off the rails. That last line… wow. It’s funny but also kinda sharp in a way that sticks.
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Thanks, Willie!
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You are vey welcome…
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Yes, misbehaving kids can drive a parent crazy.
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And vice versa. Thanks, Pam!
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Recalculating . . .
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Hah! Thanks, fw
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Ha ha ha. Great dad.
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The best. Thanks, John
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😀
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He’s a man of his word!
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As true a statement to-day as it was then. Thanks, Ilsa!
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Ha ha! Dad now wants to continue driving since it’s finally peaceful. If he went home, the kids would explode with wild energy again. :)
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Very true. Thanks, Nancy!
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A wise man, indeed! :)
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The wisest (still is). Thanks, mm!
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He didn’t pull over? Doesn’t that just mean his accelerator pedal was stuck?
Though this reminds me of when a Grandmother was seen driving down the highway whilst knitting…A motorcycle cop intercepted her and shouted to her “Pull Over!” to which the Granny replied back “No young man it’s cardigan for my grandson!”
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Funny! Thanks, Tyeth
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Grandma was told by the doctor to walk three miles a day. A couple of months have gone by since then, and we have no idea where she is…
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At least she’s getting her steps in. Thanks, David!
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I hope someone asks me what Catch 22 means because now I have a wonderful way to explain it!
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Anytime I hear the phrase, Catch 22, I think of that line from the book, “They’re trying to kill me!” “No one is trying to kill you.” “Then why are they shooting at me?” Thanks, Geoff!
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That book found me as an impressionable youth , so can take part of the blame for who I am!
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You kids and Dad were lucky Mom didn’t call the Feds. Or did she? Seriously, though, that one overcomes my inertia, George.
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My dad was then and remains to-day quite fearless in how far he will carry a joke. Never seems funny in the moment, but later you’re happy to have been part of it. Thanks, E Sum
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“My life has been one great big joke, a dance that’s walked a song that’s spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.” Maya Angelou
George, in my mind, t seems that the Raymonds and other great minds think alike.
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