Many years ago I went on a camping trip with my friends, Nancy and Karen. An old friend of Karen's, Bernadette, came along with us-- thankfully! We were going to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to go to a concert. We took Nancy's van because, well, you know women, we over pack, and when you camp you need some stuff.
We were headed north when the muffler on her van got louder. As I recall, we left a rest area and it dropped down and was dragging. We pulled over, and Bernadette, being mechanically inclined and the only one who would fit under the van, crawled under and rigged it up with a wire hanger, if I recall correctly. So, muffler back up, still a little loud, we got underway again. Just as Nancy was about to pull into traffic, the biggest bug I have ever seen in my life landed in my lap.
I screamed, of course, opened the door, and got out. I don't think I even waited for her to stop. They did not realize what I was screaming at, and I do not think we ever saw it in the van, but from that point on it was know as "Bugzilla". We have had many laughs over it since then-- it was a fun trip.
Now, here I am living in Florida, where bugs are bigger than "Bugzilla" was, and I find myself saying, "Hi, Lenny," to the lizard that lives outside our bathroom window. Now, this does not mean I have come to like bugs, and fireants are still evil! But, who would have thought, that I would ever say, "Hi!" to a lizard....
We were headed north when the muffler on her van got louder. As I recall, we left a rest area and it dropped down and was dragging. We pulled over, and Bernadette, being mechanically inclined and the only one who would fit under the van, crawled under and rigged it up with a wire hanger, if I recall correctly. So, muffler back up, still a little loud, we got underway again. Just as Nancy was about to pull into traffic, the biggest bug I have ever seen in my life landed in my lap.
I screamed, of course, opened the door, and got out. I don't think I even waited for her to stop. They did not realize what I was screaming at, and I do not think we ever saw it in the van, but from that point on it was know as "Bugzilla". We have had many laughs over it since then-- it was a fun trip.
Now, here I am living in Florida, where bugs are bigger than "Bugzilla" was, and I find myself saying, "Hi, Lenny," to the lizard that lives outside our bathroom window. Now, this does not mean I have come to like bugs, and fireants are still evil! But, who would have thought, that I would ever say, "Hi!" to a lizard....
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