Posted on 10/04/2021 2:14:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
My niece is a car. She used to be a human being. We're not supposed to talk about that anymore.
About a year ago, my sister Claire called and told me that she was tired of hand-sewing costumes for her oldest daughter, Alice. One day Alice would beg to be dressed as a school bus, the next a pickup truck, and the next, a sports car. She told her mom that she wished she were an automobile instead of a person. Claire was running out of material and patience.
At first, Alice's behavior made sense to me. She'd loved to play with toy cars when she was little, and she had a wonderful imagination. I'll admit that I was one of the family members who found her new hobby cute. Some thought it was just a phase and that we should humor her. Others tried to convince her that she couldn't actually become a car. And some tried to bolster her self-esteem by reminding her that cars are cool, but so are twelve-year-old human girls.
My doubts began when Alice asked that her body be covered with metal. What about gymnastics? Claire asked. You wouldn't be able to bend anymore. Alice started to cry. I don't want to bend, she said. I want to zoom.
Claire reluctantly bought scraps from the junkyard and glued them onto her daughter each morning. Alice couldn't walk as well when she had her panels on (as she called them), but she did seem to smile more. When Claire pulled off the panels before Alice's bath one night, some skin came with them, and she bled. Alice said that the pain was worth it and that she wanted permanent parts installed.
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A 1928 Porter?
She is “trans”...”trans-chassis-ual”.
Excellent find!
Did she tell you if it hurt?
She sounded her horn like it did.
Good one! Nice play on the OP!
I blame Jay Leno for this.
CC
No, that was her mother.
This brings a whole new meaning to getting rear-ended
Oops, I see she’s 12, I’ll retract that statement. My bad
Shades of the movie: Mr. Sycamore:
https://archive.org/details/mr.-sycamore
Jason Robards is great in this.
That is beautiful.
I thought it odd in the 80’s when a girl in the movies was named Mercedes. Things have gotten worse, and not better.
I thought about this ...
the car was a 1912 something ...
She’s not going to like it when during her next smog check they stick a metal rod up her tailpipe. Then again ...
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