What were you thinking??

S.T.U.P.I.D. Insurance. I’ve decided that it is time to go into the insurance business. Stupid Things Unthinking People Inexplicable Do Insurance. This would cover you for those times when something happens that on any other day of the week you just wouldn’t do. For those times when you say, “What in the name of cheeses were you thinking?” I’m going to ask you all to write me back with your favorite. I want it to be personal. It must be about you, your spouse, or your children, and in some way affected you. Okay?
I’ll start it off with our latest “thing.” A few days ago we had a lot of rain/snow mix. There were the usual warnings. One was for flooding in low areas and some streets. Not far from our house are both the Saint Mary’s River, and the Junk Ditch. Both are responsible for any flooding in this part of town, especially a part of Taylor Street west of the railroad tracks. My wife, love of my life, mother of my children, grandmother, etc., was out and about with our niece. She’d taken her to the doctor, to Wal-Mart, and I don’t know where. They started home via their usual route: Jefferson Blvd, Catalpa St., Taylor St., etc. When they turned onto Catalpa and went about 2 blocks there was “the sign”, and water covering the street the length of a football field ahead. But what the heck, right? After all she went that way just last evening and made it okay. Surely the water couldn’t be any deeper, right? That is when I got the phone call. “Come and get me out of the water!” Here is an important thing I may need to tell some of you. Many people call full size Lincolns and Cadillac’s “big ole boats.” THEY ARE NOT BOATS!! Good news though, insurance is going to cover it and we’ll get a new engine effectively reducing the number of miles on the car. (There’s always a silver lining in every cloud. Even if there was a flood that came first.)