I also used to sit like that every time I was the third in a car, it’s the only way to have conversation with front seats. Course this is back when none of us wore seat belts. No idea how I’m alive.

I live in a safe small town but have still had my car gone through in my driveway at night. Never used t lock it but now I do, it’s easy enough with fobs. Growing up we left keys in the car when it was in the driveway, both so people could move them to get out and also as kind of a defiant “fuck the overly scared…

Even if your bag is too big for under your seat, I can’t remember the last time I took a flight where they didn’t announce beforehand a free gate check to anyone who wanted it because overhead space was full. It’s the best of both worlds — no paying a baggage fee (though if $25 is gonna break you maybe flying on a…

My dad used to always talk about his friends “Barb and Mark”, and the way he says it my wife thought they were a gay couple Bob and Mark for years until she met them.

I made a sandwich with a can of herring, which was delicious.

Of course no one can fully understand your life, that doesn’t mean they can’t empathize with you or be a part of those pieces of your life. I’ve had friends with cancer, and I don’t have cancer, should I abandon my friends because I can never TRULY understand, or can I attempt to empathize and be a part of their…

Has anyone seen Daisy Ridley and Keira Knightly in the same room at the same time? At the very least they’re secretly sisters.

I know no such thing.

Oof, and here I thought I was insensitive for being flippant about dead grandparents, but this feels worse. #sorry

One set? Your parents are brother and sister?

Like I said above, totally fine with the nicknames, especially when they arise organically from kids / situations. Just funny when people use them publicly, as adults, as if they’re not inside jokes / nicknames.

I share this peeve. It should totally be “My mom went to the doctor.” Unless we’re related or you’re talking about mother Earth or something.

I think you should be careful with this advice, because many insurance companies have verbage saying that if you have an accident (even a minor one) and don’t inform the insurance company, they can terminate your insurance. So say you had a minor accident with someone, you decide to fix it yourself, but they file a…

Is there any way to see this show (legally) if you don’t have this cable provider?

I think that’s pretty common for Greek folks. But when you spoke with people outside of your family, did you say “my opa”, or did you say “my grandfather?” I love that families have fun names for their grandparents, but it’s the using them in outside context that I find funny.

Ha, to be clear, I’m fine with the made up names, it’s just funny that people use them in public conversation. Like, we called one of my grandmothers the relatively common “Nana,” but if referring to her outside of my immediate family I would always say “my grandmother” not “my nana.”

I am not a lawyer, but keep in mind that since this shows the driver (you), if you are distracted in some way and cause an accident (or are even in an accident that you didn’t necessarily cause) this would be evidence against you.

I am not a lawyer, but keep in mind that since this shows the driver (you), if you are distracted in some way and…

Same, read that as elb my entire childhood, and always just assumed it had something to do with French. :)

my Dad is a great guy and a great Pap

Dammit now that will be stuck in my head.