Maybe things have changed. But when I was growing up, "Illinois driver" and "bad driver" meant the same thing.
We said "New Jersey driver" in Delaware. Everybody thinks they are better drivers than everybody else!
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
lisah - Feb 11, 2009 11:06:36 am PST #672 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Tom Scola - Feb 11, 2009 11:08:47 am PST #673 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
No, we in NJ were perfectly aware of our reputation.
Amy - Feb 11, 2009 11:18:15 am PST #674 of 30000
Because books.
No, we in NJ were perfectly aware of our reputation.
Oh yeah. And it's just "Jersey driver."
t /grew up in Jersey
WindSparrow - Feb 11, 2009 11:23:48 am PST #675 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Everybody thinks they are better drivers than everybody else!
Except in Ohio. I'm pretty sure we Ohioans know that the entire world drives better than we do.
Glamcookie - Feb 11, 2009 11:34:08 am PST #676 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I came across a really cool Etsy shop called the hermitage [link]
My faves are [link] and [link] but it's all really great stuff.
Steph L. - Feb 11, 2009 11:36:50 am PST #677 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Except in Ohio. I'm pretty sure we Ohioans know that the entire world drives better than we do.
Well, Cincinnatians, at least. Cleveland drivers seem okay (and I say that through gritted teeth).
lisah - Feb 11, 2009 11:41:38 am PST #678 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Oh yeah. And it's just "Jersey driver."
I'm very formal in my insults!
JZ - Feb 11, 2009 11:46:32 am PST #679 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Apropos of driving insults, I remember being all chagrined at going off to college and finding out that much of the rest of the country calls slowing down at a stop sign, tapping the brakes, and zooming away a California stop. In the Bay Area, all my driver's ed teachers called it a Hollywood stop.
Now I'm all curious about what LAistas call it.
Amy - Feb 11, 2009 11:51:00 am PST #680 of 30000
Because books.
I'm very formal in my insults!
Actually, I once cracked up a friend when a guy cut me off. I flipped the finger and yelled, "Fuck you, sir !"
::shrugs::
Toddson - Feb 11, 2009 11:51:40 am PST #681 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Driving.