I got out of the car at the red light, reached over the windshield and pulled the wipers up so that they stick straight out in the air. Then, I got back in the car, turned on the wipers, and drove the rest of the way home with them moving back and forth in the air.
This, of course, was the cause of mixed feelings for my on-board teenagers. Amusement and embarrassment is an interesting combination.
I tried it the next day too, while driving my 14 year old and her friend to school. The thought of me driving in to their school parking lot with antennae waving back and forth was just too much for them – and it didn’t seem to matter whether they were in full speed mode or delayed!?
So, I mercifully sped up enough for the wind to blow them down.
