Nance: (outraged) Excuse me, but are you going to risk our lives and look at your phone right now?
Rick: (calm, eyes on the road) Nance, I was just--
Nance: (undeterred) Is my life so trivial to you that you're willing to risk it for a text message? Especially right here, where all those Trump voters come rushing out of that side road right there! Without even looking.
Rick: (sighs; pulls onto entrance ramp) How do you know that they're all Trump voters? You've got to stop being so judgy about everybody just because of where they live.
Nance: I know that they are. You know it, too. Everyone around here voted for him.
Rick: That house there, with the Register To Vote Here sign, also has a Sherrod Brown* sign in the yard.
Nance: And Janet Garret* and you're deflecting. The point is, I would prefer you remember that when you have me in the car, you are transporting precious cargo. (thinks for a moment; smiles wickedly) As a matter of fact, from now on, I would really like it if you would start calling me Precious Cargo. Or PC, if you'd prefer.
Rick: (grins; accelerates into traffic) Okay, Precious Cargo.
End Scene.
*fine Democratic candidates for office; I am in love with Senator Sherrod Brown and have been forever.
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A glorious Nance and Rick conversation!! I always delight in these, Nance. Thank you for sharing!!
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Shirley--So nice to see you here!
DeleteThank you for delighting in our chats. It's been so godawful hot here--another streak of 90s--that we've both been terribly crabby. I'm surprised he didn't call me something else; I've been so fussy and picky about everything when we're together. Thank goodness we both have a bit of a sense of humour, even in this heat and humidity.
You should be glad that you're nowhere near me when I'm driving. It truly is a miracle that I haven't been killed. I'm not stating this to be proud - I know I need to change my risky ways.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I wish I could vote for Sherrod!
Bug--I wish you could vote for Sherrod, too. But it's nice to know that you'll be a Blue Voice In The Wilderness Of NC. We need you there!
DeleteOh Bug. I am so sorry to hear this. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR WAYS RIGHT THIS MINUTE. No message is sufficiently important enough for you to endanger your life and the lives of others. Next time you are tempted, give a thought to how you would live the rest of your life if you caused an accident that led to someone's death. Perhaps a small child. Or the mother of several children. Or the love of anyone's life. Turn off the phone or get off the road.
DeleteI hope that blue wave is coming. Love that meme.
ReplyDeleteJean--I'm hoping and nudging and when it comes time, I'm Voting So Hard!
DeleteCheering on the WAVE!
ReplyDeleteDee--Me too! Doing my part already to make it Happen.
DeleteWell you are precious cargo Of Course! BLUE wave right back atcha!!!
ReplyDeletekathy b--I like to think so! Working hard to build that Blue Wave here in NEO.
DeleteThis would be a very funny post were it not for the fact that your husband seriously planned to look at a text while driving. I cannot tell you how often I have had near-misses on the Interstate caused by someone just glancing at his/her phone and drifting into my lane at 70 mph.
ReplyDeleteI have told my children that I will not visit them in the hospital or attend their memorial services if they have an automobile accident while texting or reading a text. I'm lying, of course, but I do feel very strongly about it.
And indeed you are precious cargo. Made even more precious because of your blue vote. We need every single one.
NCmountainwoman--To be completely fair, I left it purposely vague. I really don't know what he planned to do; all he did was pick it up. He very well could have been intending to turn it off, silence it, hand it to me to check, or any number of things. I jumped all over him, and when he tried to explain, I cut him off. He drives a great deal for his work, and he complains constantly about the number of people who drive distractedly due to phones, food, makeup application, and the like.
DeleteI agree that all of us Blue Wave Voters are even more precious and need to guard our safety vigilantly before the midterms and vote as if our lives depend upon it. Because they do.
All Hail PC, especially when the male/spouse drivers are involved, lol...My hubby, bless his heart, will say, 'If you weren't in the car, I would have let them hit me'. I hear the inner therapist voice saying 'and how does that make you feel'. Frankly, it makes me feel like smacking some sense into him...Were it not for the fact that I would be wasting my time, I'd go for it; that man's head is as hard as titanium...
ReplyDeleteOnto Good News about the Frig from HELL:
1. The refrigerator - the repairman came and actually fixed the problem...Thankfully, the horrid, wounded animal, sound was a one time thing, YAY.
2. The store where we purchased it from removed a large amount from my card, after extending a ton of, 'We are so sorry'.
3. The company that made the frig is sending us a ' Dinner on us' voucher; I told hubby it will probably be for Mikey D's, lol...Even if it is, that's still something...
I accomplished all of that with 3 phone calls, which totally ticked off my better half who has spent a goodly amount of time on the phone with each of these place in the last 6 months.
Today, I go to see a Cardio-Electo-Pathways Dr., I have a normal heart rate that goes above 100, alot. I am going to let him put me in a heart monitor and do an Ultra-Sound, but that's all...I had a heart-cath in June that my cardio Dr. said 'Your heart looks beautiful'...so, I guess that rapid heart rate, that I've had all my life, isn't causing any problems...I'm of the mind, 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'.
Have a wonderful weekend, my friend...Go Browns...
Denise--So glad you can tick some Bad Things off your list, including your ticker! ;-) Nonetheless, I will be sending Very Good Thoughts your way.
DeleteEnjoy your weekend as well, dear, and let's both of us vow to Relax.