Italian in a Car
I may have
mentioned from time to time that Mrs. C is half Italian. She is half Irish as well.
Italians are
great cooks. They love to cook; food is
a big part of an Italians culture.
Mrs. C is
Irish in the kitchen.
Italians are
also known to be passionate. They love
with passion, they laugh with passion, they fight with passion.
Mrs. C is
Italian in the car.
We drove to
a family event the other day. About two
hours driving total. The driver, my
Italian in the car wife, managed to have words about many fellow drivers we
encountered on the trip.
We
encountered three asses, two assholes, one ass-wipe, and there was even one
mother-f*cker!
I had to
ask.
“What
makes one driver an ass and another an asshole?”
“An ass
is just a bad driver; he is not paying attention. An asshole knows what he is doing, he just
doesn’t care.”
“What
about an ass-wipe? Is that worse than an
asshole?”
“Big
time. An ass-wipe is paying attention
and he will drive like an ass intentionally.
He goes out of his way to piss you off.”
“Someone who
goes out of his way to piss you off, what could be worse than that? Is a mother-f*cker worse than an ass-wipe?”
“Someone who
drives like an ass intentionally, goes out of his way to piss you off and then
flips you the bird when you honk the horn at him…that is a mother-f*ucker!”
I’ll bet you
thought that annoying drivers were not categorized.
You don’t drive with an Italian in the car.
You don’t drive with an Italian in the car.
Wow, Irish and Italian. Volatile and Passionate. It's a wonder you've survived.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's my morning made. Did you know your him, her and it accounts make me smile? I love Italian humour.
ReplyDeleteDoes your wife swear in Italian or Irish? Can you translate all those words you said in Italian?
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Quite specific!
ReplyDeleteToo funny! Who knew it was so specific. I swear like that in the car and I'm 98% Italian American according to Ancestry.com but I missed the class on the categories. I just swear like this. I need to have Mrs. C teach me. I need a brush up lesson!!
ReplyDeleteWell now I know what category I really don't want to fall into:) I am super laid back behind the wheel. The most explosive I get is to quietly ask the offending driver,"Really??"
ReplyDeleteVery educational :)
ReplyDeleteI want to go driving with Mrs. Cranky sometime.
ReplyDeletebetty
This was absolutely hysterical. I am 98% Irish, I am polite and a slow driver (meaning that I stay at the speed limit). I will now assume that all those people behind me and giving me the finger are Italian.
ReplyDeleteSWMBO and I both loved this one, Joe. You are a master.
ReplyDeleteNow i know!
ReplyDeleteI will make a chart and tape it to the sun visor. That way I can check it at the stoplights, and use the proper disparaging words.
ReplyDeleteBoth Irish and Italian are passionate people. I have known a few who married.
ReplyDeleteI could drive with Mrs. C just fine. Don't be such a back seat driver, Joe. ;)
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