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clyrc

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28. I spent a huge chink of my childhood in the car
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 01:42 AM
Jan 2012

Um, chunk, not chink. on edit.

My dad was in the military, so we moved a lot, but even when we weren't moving my parents didn't stay home much if they could help it. We played "that's my house" and occasionally "I spy," but we also had this game where one of us started a story and then passed it on to the next person. That game could last a long time. Of course I also played the "stare out the window game", and "fight with my brother and sister game." It's funny when I think about it now- we always had a car full of kids and pets and many times luggage, so stuffed in the car that sometimes I couldn't even sit, I had to lie on top of stuff. Dad would play the "get lost in the middle of nowhere game," or the "OOPS! almost going over the side of the mountain game," which scared me. Once, in California in mid October, he played the "running out of gas in the first blizzard of the season in the mountains when none of us had coats" game. We were moving from South Carolina to Hawaii, and we drove to California with suitcases packed for Hawaii, never thinking it would be so cold in parts of California. We should have figured it out when we were so cold at the Grand Canyon, but oh well.

Oh and one game my dad hated was the "clean up after pet accidents" game. We had one dog who was car sick every time we took him in the car, but we couldn't leave him at home so a clean up job it was. Then there was the time our cat crawled underneath dad's feet when he was driving and she had diarrhea- dad was not amused.
Did you parents smoke a lot of pot or something? FSogol Jan 2012 #1
My dad was a lot of fun when it came to playtime. A gentle bear of a man. If someone hurt applegrove Jan 2012 #2
Lucky. I have a great Dad, but that game would have never flown. n/t FSogol Jan 2012 #5
"Cemetery" Nikia Jan 2012 #3
We used to play "Beetle" where you counted the number of volkswagon beetles you saw. Of course applegrove Jan 2012 #6
Pub cricket muriel_volestrangler Jan 2012 #22
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral begin_within Jan 2012 #4
is 10 miles a long trip? We counted out-of-state plates, or limpyhobbler Jan 2012 #7
It was 1/2 an hour on the highway, then half an hour slow on the one lane wide dirt road that applegrove Jan 2012 #8
Finding letters of the alphabet on road signs ellaydubya Jan 2012 #9
We watched for Burma Shave signs. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2012 #10
Apply the word 'anal' OxQQme Jan 2012 #11
I Spy LiberalEsto Jan 2012 #12
Take the three letters from the plate of the car in front of you XemaSab Jan 2012 #13
we did that license plate letter thing too... IcyPeas Jan 2012 #31
The "stay off my side of the seat" game. rrneck Jan 2012 #14
LOL! Followed by the "You're copying me you copycat!" game. applegrove Jan 2012 #15
Bang on the roof to wake up the dog! jberryhill Jan 2012 #16
Didn't know you were of the Romney clan. LOL! applegrove Jan 2012 #17
Duzy! FSogol Jan 2012 #21
Punch bug. 6000eliot Jan 2012 #18
The Quiet Game Major Nikon Jan 2012 #19
Mad Libs Tsiyu Jan 2012 #20
We use to have my son count flags boston bean Jan 2012 #23
20 questions geardaddy Jan 2012 #24
Honk polling of other vehicles woo me with science Jan 2012 #25
I was a horrible child. The "game" we played in the car was called "The Fed Up Game"... PassingFair Jan 2012 #26
The Baseball Bat To The Mailbox. Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #27
I spent a huge chink of my childhood in the car clyrc Jan 2012 #28
Only 10 miles to your cottage? Wow Canuckistanian Jan 2012 #29
We had 25 miles on the highway first then 10 miles on the dirt road. Yes we had rituals too. applegrove Jan 2012 #30
We kept a list in the car of state plates Mopar151 Jan 2012 #32
we liked moo-ing at cows grasswire Jan 2012 #33
My family sang. Ruby Reason Jan 2012 #34
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