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Friday, October 21, 2011

In addition to mph, some speedometers measure nagging as well.

My parents are visiting friends on the East Coast.  They left their car parked at our house and I drove them to the airport.

In their car, I noticed this....

Little strips of pink sticker on the speedometer.

The stickers correspond to 25 mph ("David! Slow down! You're in a neighborhood!") and to 65ish ("David! You're going too fast!")

My guess is that my Mom has conveniently placed them there for my Dad, so he can easily see at a glance if he's about to have his driving critiqued.  He can ease his foot off of the gas and avoid any nagging.

After 50 years of marriage, I guess they better know who is the gas and who is the brakes....

I'm pretty sure this is what they're seeing over in Maryland right now.  I so wish I could go too!
This view just isn't available in Southern California.

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21 comments:

~ Laura said...

That's so cute!! I love it!! I like how they've managed to work it out so they are free from that conversation!! And, I may borrow this idea for my new teen driver!! :)

A Pretty Life in the Suburbs said...

Oh my that is soooooo funny! Thanks for the giggle!
Jo-Anna

Sara @ thesherlockshome said...

Cute! It's a great way to be a reminder without the ACTUAL nagging!

Craftberry Bush said...

that is hilarious...lol...love it..and love their love..xo
have a great weekend...
Lu

Heidi@TheCraftMonkey said...

ok, the pink stickers are hilarious! Gotta love it!

Prudently Painted Vintage said...

LMAO!! Love!

That view is amazing. I want to go with them too!

Beverly {Flamingo Toes} said...

Oh my gosh Vivienne - that is hilarious!! I love it!!
Seriously jealous of that view too. ;)

Becca @ R We There Yet Mom? said...

SO so funny!!!

And I wish we had views like that here in Texas too!!

Thanks for linking up!!

~Becca

Steve said...

That's fantastic! At least she lets him get up to 65 though. My Mom starts getting nervous any time I have to drive her somewhere and go over 50.

Connie said...

That is hilarious!!!

I would be marking those but it would be....

25....below this, you are going too slow.

65...you are allowed to drive this fast!

Emmy said...

That is hilarious! But if they made it 50 years- they obviously got it figured out. I do miss a real fall

Megan said...

i LOVE IT! That's pretty much the funniest thing I've seen all day!

Kelli said...

That is one of the funniest things EVER!!! I need to do that to my husband's car.

GirlRural.com said...

That is a great idea! I'd have to take out the dashboard plastic and insert them under so my husband couldn't take them off. Ha ha.

Lisa said...

Hope your parents are seeing some great fall foliage. Ours is nearly done here in the Toronto area - the leaves are now on the lawn instead of the trees and not so pretty.

The pink stickers on the speedometer are brillian!

MiMi said...

That's hilarious!
I bet it's beautiful back there right now.

Gigi Baby said...

That is hilarious and totally cute!

Good Time Charlie said...

That is hilarious! If they have been married that long then they obviously have figured out some things that definitely work. I wish I were seeing some Fall color too. Don't have too much of it up here in NorCal either. (at least where I live...)

Rhissanna said...

Think Pink! (Very cute)

Shawn said...

That is precious and a good tip on how to keep long, happy marriage. Don't nag instead find creative ways to get your point across. You must have gotten your creative side fro your Mother!

Myya said...

This totally made me laugh out loud! LOVE IT!

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