Land of Oz

Arms

What is it with guys and arms and open windows in their vehicles. (I almost said cars, but there's too many pickups and SUVs now) Have you ever looked and wondered why guys have their arms hanging out their windows? There seem to be pretty common positions.

The "hang on to my roof so it doesn't fly off" position. Here the guy (and it's almost never a gal) has his arm up and is hanging on to the roof of his car.

The "I'm tired of looking behind me" position. The guy will have his hairy arm draped over the side rear-view mirror. I guess he figures if he can't see the ambulance coming up behind him, he doesn't need to pull over.

The "shoo - go away" position. The arm is hanging straight down ready to ward off attacks from any dogs or coyotes running along the highway at 70 mph.

The "weee - I'm an airplane wing" position. I did this one (when I was twelve and my dad was driving). Not too common, but you can see the hand tilting up and down to be blown about by the wind.

The "my elbow is too hot" position. I think the guy is too embarrassed by the other positions, so just hangs his elbow out into the wind.

I guess guys must think they're too macho to use two hands on a steering wheel. That is just for wimps like Jeff Gordon or Dale Earnhardt. Just think of those poofy habits they use when driving 220 mph three inches away from a wall and another pussy driver. All strapped in, helmet on, both hands on the wheel, nary a beer or cigarette in hand. What a woos! Not like a real driver with a big black "3" on the rear window, a cigarette dangling jauntingly from lips, and one arm out the window and the other switching the radio to the latest country station. Now that's a real driver.

BTW, it's not peak hurricane season yet!

// posted by Jim-of-oz @ 9/06/2005 01:30:00 PM