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When High Speed Hormones Attack
Sometimes a devil appears on my shoulder and says, "hey, these fancy European cars you have... they could always use a little more horsepower, right?" Then, suddenly, another devil that looks like Ellen* appears, slaps me, and says, "What's the matter with you?!? don't you know you're not the only one who'll be driving it?"
Owners of boys may point and laugh at what I'll be going through in 7 more years, but at least mine's astronomically less likely to pull a stunt like this. The trick, I suppose, is making sure she's not dumb enough to ride around with a boy who's dumb enough to do this. Ah, the joys of parenting...
With video!
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* What? I wanted to say "angel", but that would've made at least three people I know pass out from laughter.
While I would agree that having an overpowered sports car and not letting your son drive it borders on cruelty...the fact that his 'rents had the car at all when they had a teenage son borders on crass stupidity...
Posted by: mark on June 3, 2009 07:39 AM>.
Thats why I am putting a govenor on both Trans Am's (Plus GPS etc)
Posted by: Jeff on June 3, 2009 09:47 AMThat's the age where kids feel young and invincible, as well as immortal. Hormones are driving them to distinguish themselves from the pack so they can get more womenz. On top of that, the pretty women are selecting those who manage to distinguish themselves which just helps create a feedback loop of stupidity. If it's not cars, it'll be something else.
That doesn't mean I'd recommend letting the kids go all buck-wild, just that the best bet is to limit the completely stupid so hopefully they distinguish themselves on the playing field, in academics (which doesn't get the HS hotties), or the like.
Posted by: Ron ap Rhys on June 3, 2009 10:19 AM