View From The Porch: Overheard in the Dining Room...

Friday, November 22, 2013

Overheard in the Dining Room...

Me: "I'll deliver your mom safely to the doctor..."

RX: "I'm going to hold you to that."

Me: "Well, not only is she your mom, but I'll be in the car too, which is sort of an added incentive in my book."

10 comments:

bluesun said...: Very Atlas Shruggian.; 9:45 AM, November 22, 2013
Paul said...: I remember how my Grandma always wanted to ride a motorcycle. Just because some one is old does not mean that they are immune from thrills.

I'm think riding with Tam could be a thrill a minute.

Not in a bad way.; 9:59 AM, November 22, 2013
Goober said...: Objectivist rationalization for not allowing Ms x's mom to die due to recklessness and neglect on the way to the hospital :

Creepy?

Or super creepy?

You decide. We report...; 10:53 AM, November 22, 2013
Tam said...: "Objectivist rationalization..."

LOLWUT?

Yeah, I was totally planning on driving in reverse until I ran into a bridge abutment and exploded today, but since someone else is in the car along with my own worthless ass, I'll do it tomorrow instead. :p; 10:59 AM, November 22, 2013
Cincinnatus said...: Incentives are important...; 12:11 PM, November 22, 2013
global village idiot said...: "Objectivist rationalization."

Yeah, I caught that too. Then again, that's the trap, isn't it?

At what point in our Nation's history did enlightened self-interest stop being just prudent good-sense and start becoming political and philosophical? A case could be made that it started with the Quakers but that's a stretch.

gvi; 1:09 PM, November 22, 2013
Roberta X, furious said...: Goober: Take your sick-ass philosophy off my Mom. Now.

It was a humorous exchange -- Tam is a much better driver than I am.; 3:20 PM, November 22, 2013
Goober said...: That was me joking.

Objectivism: the theory that if you only ever do things for your own benefit and for selfish reasons, that the world will be a better place.

Don't safely deliver mamma x because its the right thing to do: do it because putting her in peril will likewise imperil you. That's creepy.; 11:27 AM, November 26, 2013
Goober said...: Guys, seriously I was joking. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I was hoping for an LOL here, not to piss anyone off.; 11:29 AM, November 26, 2013
Tam said...: Ah, I'm tracking now. :o; 11:29 AM, November 26, 2013

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