5 kids in one station wagon=lots of shoving, fighting and whining
Dude. 10 kids in a camper van. (And that's just 10 at any one time while I was still living with my parents. The count eventually got up to 15.)
Take me, sir. Take me hard.
Zoe ,'War Stories'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Spidra Webster - Apr 25, 2006 9:08:40 am PDT #9646 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
ChiKat - Apr 25, 2006 9:10:35 am PDT #9647 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Dude. 10 kids in a camper van. (And that's just 10 at any one time while I was still living with my parents. The count eventually got up to 15.)
There is no way I would have survived this. None. I'd have escaped at a rest area, picked up by some shady character and sold into child slavery.
Spidra Webster - Apr 25, 2006 9:11:20 am PDT #9648 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
We reenacted every Three Stooges film we'd ever seen.
ChiKat - Apr 25, 2006 9:14:11 am PDT #9649 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
This would just give me further impetus to escape, I'm afraid.
DawnK - Apr 25, 2006 11:27:49 am PDT #9650 of 10001
giraffe mode
We always took driving vacations when I was a kid, but we had an RV so my brother and I weren't forced to sit next to each other or sit in one place for long (this is way before the seatbelt rules). Although there is one memorable trip in which my dad got a ticket for playing Battleship with my brother and I while he was driving.
Kristen - Apr 25, 2006 11:41:36 am PDT #9651 of 10001
When I was really little, my family used to drive back and forth to Florida a lot. I don't really remember those but that's probably just as well.
I do have vivid memories of going on short day-trips with my mom, stepdad and siblings. Mostly because 2 adults + 4 kids + 1 Honda Civic Hatchback = me and my stepsister in the trunk of the car. I never arrived anywhere without a headache from banging my head on the roof.
tommyrot - Apr 25, 2006 11:45:55 am PDT #9652 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My worst childhood travel memories are of the times spent trying to sleep on hot nights in the camper, listening to my dad snoring and people coming and going at the wayside where my dad decided to stop for the night.
Sometimes there were mosquitoes, so we'd burn these spiral-shaped thingies to keep them away.
Betsy HP - Apr 25, 2006 11:46:17 am PDT #9653 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
We sang a lot, too.
I never sing with my children. *is sad*
sumi - Apr 25, 2006 11:49:45 am PDT #9654 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
We sang on long trips too.
Jesse - Apr 25, 2006 11:51:41 am PDT #9655 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I still sing in the car with my parents. And play the alphabet game. It's usually a two-hour drive to Thanksgiving dinner at my uncle's.