Comments on: Flipper dip.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:10:24 +0000

I love the belle wave, the one that says: I don’t understand your gesture, but thanks, everyone likes me.

By: rose

rose — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:53:11 +0000

Living in NJ, Land of Courteous Drivers, my children have learned that when Mom does the “oops…didn’t mean to cut you off”, “hey, thanks for not letting me in” or “are you f’ing kidding me” wave, they also wave like hell, throw kisses and generally make the person wonder what kind of crack we’re all on. This all occurs after I’ve cursed like a drunken sailor and told them not to repeat any of it.

By: Flubberwinkle

Flubberwinkle — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:00:55 +0000

I’ve taken it a step further once.

Guy -who THINKS I cut him off- reaches me at traffic light and stops next to me, starts ranting “how chicks can’t drive” and giving me the greek rendition of the middle finger (called a mooja). I smiled at him calmly, “Well! HI THERE! Don’t you remember me?”
He immediately shut up. You could almost hear the “gulp” sound in his throat.
I continued, “How IS everyone? Please say hello to them for me… oh, there’s the green. Bye now!”

Looking back at him from my rear view mirror. He had been so surprised that he hadn’t noticed the traffic lights changing and the drivers behind him were honking and yelling at HIM.

I would have made my high school drama teacher proud of me.

By: V-Grrrl

V-Grrrl — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:08:51 +0000

Should have blown him a kiss and fluffed your hair.

By: untitled

untitled — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:42:01 +0000

Woman with kids: I do believe “dillhole” is what one says in place of “dickhole” in order to not seem so offensive. Like that has ever stopped me before. I don’t think I can call my three year-old a dickhole and still expect a card on Mother’s Day. But dillhole — there’s some wiggle room there.

O18 - thanks for the ups. In all seriousness, the encouragement means a lot.

By: O18

O18 — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:43:52 +0000

Don’t remember how I came across your blog, but love it! Your warm, slightly self-effacing, humorous style is the intellectual equivalent of a steaming large cappuccino on a rainy Chicago morning. Hope you keep at it.

By: Woman with kids

Woman with kids — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:17:50 +0000

I saw a guy do that the other day: the wave, big smile and general making the jerk feel like a …jerk. Well done! …and? What, exactly, is a dillhole?

By: jeanne

jeanne — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:13:43 +0000

i like to do the southern belle wave as well. in memphis you are lucky if you make it a block without some jerk flipping the finger at you. what is wrong with people??

By: mike

mike — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:31:21 +0000

I was about to comment on how your acknowledging his insult probably wasn’t going to mean a hill of beans to him, since that was his aim.

But now I can’t stop laughing at you calling untitledson a “dillhole”.