March 20, 2007

• Singin in the car, A social commentary

  I was minding my own business at a stop light on the way home from work when I noticed the guy next to me was singing, loudly and badly to his music.  He was also bopping to it.  Bopping is like dancing, but in a sitting position.  Anyway, I stared thinking he would stop.  But he was in a world of his own and kept going. 
  
  Now I am a car singer myself, but I always stop when I am right next to someone at a light.  Or I least tone it down.  I think that's proper car singing etiquette.  It's a different story when your with other people in the car, then you are a group, having fun, but when your alone it looks dumb.  I remember singing to the kids in the car when they were little.  They would be in their little car seats, in the back of a van where you couldn't see them.  So then it looked like I was singing Raffi songs to myself.  That's the time when you hope people notice the baby on board bumper sticker.
  
  Sometimes I almost sing at the grocery store.  I try not to, but sometimes a little humming comes out when I'm deciding between Captain Crunch with or with out crunch berries.  It's usually some Carpenters song.  I'll be checking out the female products and find myself singing "  Just like me, they long to be, close to you."  Then I want to explain to the women next to me that I was not serenading the Tampax, in fact I really hate that song.  But instead I say smugly "  Oh that's right I don't need these anymore, I forgot"  Ha!
  
  Anyway, the whole point of this entry is there are places and times to sing and places and times to not sing.  Please tone it down when your next to me at a stop light, and don't bop, it makes you look stupid.

  

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