Jambalina

Sometimes, my car has problems. Ok, most times.

Ok, every time.

In my poor cars defense, it DOES have 286,000 miles on it; an incredible feat, if you ask me. And it mostly works. Except the windows. Or the A/C. And sometimes the transmission has problems. Especially when switching from drive into reverse.

You know those old shows where the cars always emitted a loud "BANG" and shot backwards? Guess what? This really happens in real life. In fact, it happens almost every day of my life. Multiple times. Usually, I find it quite comical, but sometimes the people in the vicinity find it more startling than humorous.

Imagine, if you can, walking down the street, and having a car drive by, only to have the driver decide they needed to turn around. Imagine that the street was sort of narrow, and had cars lining both sides. Perhaps you're actually walking on the street next to the car because there is no sidewalk. Imagine watching that poor car executing a 7 point turn in order to get the car heading the right direction.

Now imagine the car shooting backwards with a loud "BANG!" at each of those seven points.

If your reaction is to jump each time the car shot backwards and peer in at the driver with a wondering/scolding look on your face, you would be in good company with the man whose walk was somewhat interrupted by me the other day.