Tuesday, August 9, 2011

It Was a Monday


"Mom? Why did you stop? Why are you talking to that policeman?"

"He pulled us over for having expired registration."

"Why is it expired?"

"Because our fifteen year-old car wouldn't pass a smog check so we had a new catalytic converter put in but then it still wouldn't pass a smog check because we have to drive the car ninety miles to re-set the computer and apparently we've only driven about forty miles so far and I couldn't tell because our odometer doesn't work and also I didn't have our updated insurance in the car and mommy was irresponsible and didn't start this process three months ago when she should have."

"Mom? You have something in your nose."

"Nice. Thanks for telling me, Bob."

"Mom? Where did you put it?"

"Put what?"

"The thing you just took out of your nose?"

21 comments:

  1. This same thing happened to me, except without the booger-check, and it was the THIRD time being stopped for the same expired tag and the officer said he was supposed to impound my car and my son was in the car WITHOUT a car seat. All I could say was "have mercy on me". I wish Bob had been there to remind me of the important things in life like clean noses and responsible booger disposal.

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  2. Oh, Lord.

    Sorry about the pullover...sorry about, well, all of it.

    :-/

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  3. This made my day. :D
    It's so nice to know that other people have days like this, too.

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  4. In Florida we don't have no stinkin' smog checks. We do, however, have boogers.

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  5. at least he won't leave you to be embarrassed in public. What a gentleman- looking after his mom

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  6. Nasty day, indeed. It's a good thing you have a Bob to cheer you up and take care of your nasal hygiene.

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  7. so sorry. but do you want to hear something that will make you feel better? i convinced terry to trade in our otherwise-fine-except-we-can't-pass-emissions car so that we did't have to buy a new catalytic converter. i'm pretty sure we spent more in the new car process than we would have had we bought the damn c.c. lazy and irresponsible.

    so happy to be back reading smacksy again. i missed you.

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  8. Smog checks are the devil. And old cars not passing smog checks.

    But Bob? Is awesome.

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  9. So sorry not to have met Bob Rosenberg at BlogHer. Because I'm pretty certain I had something in my nose and no one would tell me.

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  10. And I know why I'm so thankful not to have smog checks here. LOL What a booger of a day!

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  11. Excuse me, I have to go check my car registration.....and my nose.

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  12. Definately a booger of a day.....but it does remind me that I need to pay my own registration.

    Isnt it just wonderful that registration is set by our birthdays....so we have a bill sent to us as a gift?

    It's like, "Oh, not only do you have the joy of turning 30 this month, but you also have to pay us X number of dollars..."

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  13. Hahaha, oh Lisa. This one is too much.

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  14. Will Bob also tell me when I have foliage in my teeth and lipstick on them, which is most of the time?

    So sorry about the car stuff pal.

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  15. I am so in love with the hilarious humanity of this post I can hardly stand it.

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  16. Only a woman completely comfortable in her skin could post that conversation.

    I love you more than I did 5 minutes ago.

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  17. Such a Monday. Boomtown Rats had it right re: the Mondays. I love the reflection photo and am, of course, sorry about the car mess and the Case of the Disappearing Booger. BTW: hate the word "booger." Thanks for fostering this little bit of self-knowledge.

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  18. So, hate to do this to you, but this is what Baby E said:

    "Well? Where did she put it?"
    Sorry.

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