Saturday, June 18, 2011

For all dads - a Father's Day 160



Fingers grip the wheel.
“Vroom vroom!” fills the air.
She sighs, announcing softly:
“you can’t sit in the driveway forever
no matter how much gas mileage you save.”

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This Sunday160 (a story told in 160 characters, including spaces) is a tribute to my husband,
who just purchased a new car - a hybrid - and spends WAY too much time worrying about
the low 37.5 miles per gallon he's getting in town. It's rather adorable.
Happy Father's Day to all you Dads out there - especially Monkey Man 
(if he's not too busy making car sounds from the front seat...)

18 comments:

Brian Miller said...

nice....would not mind a hybrid at all...happy fathers day to all the dads in your life...maybe you can do a video of the car sounding kid in his car...smiles.

and thank you

Monkey Man said...

Hybrid!?! What kind of woosy drives a hybrid. Oh. Yeah. Right. Getting greedy to be over 40 MPH isn't such a bad thing....is it? Thanks for the FD wishes and thanks for playing along with my silly little 160 game. You're still the best.

Monkey Man said...

MPG not MPH!! Although there are those would would think that's all a hybrid can do.

Olivia said...

Vroooom....!!!!
Beep.. honk!!

Sunday Hugs xox

TALON said...

lol! I now have visions of grown-up guys in peddle cars causing slow-motion traffic jams on the highways. Loved it!

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads!

Alice Audrey said...

What good is the gas with no miles? Yep, gotta leave the driveway someday.

Anonymous said...

That's really cute--just like a man--obsessing over mileage!

Granny Annie said...

Glad to know this is a common concern among the males.

Sandra said...

~laughing hysterically~ I LOVE this! I would have typed: LMFAO...but I think that's considered bad manners in the blogging world. Doesn't matter though, anyway I put this, I am laughing, and you are brilliant!

Cloudia said...

Happy post! Thanks




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The Bipolar Diva said...

hehehe, this was great!

Jinksy said...

But a very safe place to stay! LOL :)

Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...

what a visual and realistic hitting 55.

beautiful write.
Happy Weekend.

Anonymous said...

superrr !! :)

Claudya Martinez said...

I hope he had a great Father's Day and didn't worry to much about mileage on that day.

Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson Barry said...

wow, what a beautiful 160.

TALON said...

I finally come back and you aren't here :(

Hope all is well and that you're having a beautiful summer!

The Bipolar Diva said...

this is priceless! thanks for making me laugh!