oh, audrey, class of 2020 –
this harkens back to my days
in the 70s
painting on my best friend’s parents’ new car
(my parents said absolutely not)
proudly plastering on
the glory of our days in school
the coming glory of our leaving
driving around all day
in the hot sun
noticing with surprise
when we scrubbed it all off
even though the paint was gone
the sun had baked our message on
the marks from the paint remained
never able to be truly washed off
memorializing our message into eternity
my friend’s parents with an equally surprised reaction
at least audrey painted on the windows, not the body
she will go far, that one.
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“no one knows what’s a good idea or a bad idea until you try it.”
-marc randolph
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Funny story, Beth! Took me back to those heady days of our youth. Well written!
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car painting episode trigger )
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Oh dear!!
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yes –
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Oops! ⁽(◍˃̵͈̑ᴗ˂̵͈̑)⁽
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well, now we know –
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(“⌒∇⌒”)
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Funny, Beth! 😀
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))
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At least Audrey is having her day in the sun, same as you and your friend did, Beth.
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yes, indeed )
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We knew better. When Dad said no… believe me, you didn’t want to test it! My dad would have killed me…
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luckily it wasn’t my parents, my friend’s parents were a little less intense )
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Oh I laughed. Though it probably was not funny THEN it has transpired to a laugh all these years later. i wonder if the parents ever laughed??
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The residual memory!
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Exactly!
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👍👍👍
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Who was the first person to eat an oyster? I thank them every time I eat one.
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A interesting thing to ponder-
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too bad you don’t have a picture of your friend’s car from back then, and hopefully there wasn’t any grounding involved… 🙂 thanks for the laughs!
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I know! It would be a treasure now. No grounding as my parents never found out, and hers were easier to deal with in times of dumb mistakes)
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lucky you!
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Ahahahah so funny!
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😂
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That is hilarious Beth! It reminds me of the time I decided to surprise my parents as a kid and wax their car…..in the hot sun! Yep, it didn’t come off!
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Oh!
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Uh oh…bad idea for sure.
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Yes, now it seems so…)
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That happened to my first father-in-law’s prize 1959 Ford Fairlane when the first X and I went on our honeymoon with tempera paintings my brother had done all over it. We ended up having to polish all that off the car and then waxing it.
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Oh, wow. Well clearly, neither of us ever forgot it )
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Oh, nooo!! The quote is very appropriate, too.
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Yes! And we know when we know.)
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For sure!
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Glorious memories, or: How to get unpopular real fast! 😉
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My memories are so similar its surreal. But… it seemed like a good idea at the time. 🙂
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Yes, that’s it!
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Oops! A timeless message – even if that wsn’t he plan!
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Exactly!)
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a lovely post, Beth; I love the line ‘the sun had baked our message on’ 🙂 I love the optimism of this
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Thanks, john
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Let’s hear it for Audrey, and for all of the other graduates that didn’t get the chance to go through their moment of glory with a graduation ceremony.
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yes, here’s to each of them!
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