"Flower Me"
I've been working very hard this year, doing very little but writing and research and related endeavors, and washing my car is very low on the priority list. Very, very low, as in, I haven't washed it yet this year (luckily, we've had some hard rains).
Well, I came out to my car the other day, and instead of "Wash me!" across my windshield, I found this flower. Made me feel good about my neighbors, and acted as a little reminder to do this sort of thing for others, as I advise in chapter 10 of I See Rude People and in my recent LA Times op-ed.
If there is so much dirt on your car that flowers start growing on it, then it is definitely time to wash it or turn it into yard art.
The Former Banker at April 25, 2011 1:52 AM
"flower me" is a nice idea, but once deflowered, I don't think it can be undone. (insert rimshot here)
whistleDick at April 25, 2011 4:20 AM
Very sweet!
Kristen at April 25, 2011 6:53 AM
Husband's friend Dirty Steve drew a penis on the pollen on my car. He's still allowed to come over because he usually brings me beer.
ahw at April 25, 2011 8:23 AM
If someone took that off your car, would that be deflowering you?
(ducking and covering)
And don't worry about the dirt on the car Amy. When flowers *grow* in the dirt on the car, then you should worry.
BlogDog at April 25, 2011 9:41 AM
With apologies to whistleDick for being behind his curve.
BlogDog at April 25, 2011 9:42 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2011/04/25/flower_me.html#comment-2073443">comment from BlogDogBelieve me, it's coming close (to the point where the flowers take root). Gregg got me a hose. I'll have to get out there and use it. When I haven't been washing my car, I've been writing one of the hardest chapters for my new book, and I'm now in the home stretch. Ish.
Amy Alkon at April 25, 2011 9:42 AM
Surprised SoCal would let you use a hose in the street. Won't the water police get you for that?
Laurie at April 25, 2011 10:38 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2011/04/25/flower_me.html#comment-2073501">comment from LaurieWe couldn't even get the cops to come when some rude candidate -- Dan Adler, some jerk of a CAA agent now running for Congress -- the other night, at midnight, had a double-decker bus, for a half hour, play loud rap music feet from houses, with a woman on the loudspeaker shouting "Vote For Dan Adler" and "Dan Adler 2011." Genius. Waking people's babies for votes.
I'm guessing we'll all be voting for Deborah Bowen, who's actually the best candidate. Janice Hahn, who I've not been successful in calling at home (payback for illegally robocalling me) seems to have all the intelligence of a ficus tree. And a guy who breaks the noise laws (on amplified sound from a vehicle) shouldn't get anyone's vote to be a lawmaker.
PS If anyone has Janice Hahn's correct home number, I still need it.
Amy Alkon at April 25, 2011 10:46 AM
BF washes his truck every weekend, rain or shine. He just loves his truck. If it doesn't need washing, he'll still clean the wheels. He's such a stickler.
I'll wash my Kia maybe once a month, if it needs it, moreso in the winter because I hate the nasty road salt and grime. But in the winter I take it to the drive-thru car wash.
And I knew a guy whose car was so filthy on the inside that the day he decided to finally clean it out, there was a little pot plant growing in the carpet of the transmission housing! Saw it with my own eyes, it was pretty funny! We smoked a lotta weed in his little Volkswagen...
Flynne at April 25, 2011 12:32 PM
Amy,
Speaking of "I See Rude People" and your underlying theory in it, today's Guardian has a nice little article in support of it. (About the size of groups that humans need to retain their civility toward each other.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/apr/25/few-people-dunbars-number
David Crawford at April 25, 2011 2:40 PM
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