"Jinxed my Mother-in-law"
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since 9 Jan, 2001
My Mother-in-law, Anne, my wife Susanne and I were heading out to a
friends place about 50 minutes drive from home. We decided to travel
together (save fuel, company etc) and Susanne said that she would drive.
Now, it was a very rainy night & as we were hopping into our car, I raced
to get in the back seat before Anne could take it. I was thinking it'd be
nice that mother & daughter sat together so they could chat since they
don't see each other everyday, but Anne piped up saying "No, you sit with
your wife". Knowing my real explanation sounded a bit lame I automatically
took the ol' Aussie trait of completely fibbing & by doing so, giving her
no choice: "No, YOU sit in the front seat, that way you'll be closer to
the accident". It even sounds like I'm a pig son-in-law as well, making it
more believable.
Well, you guessed it: there was *lots* of rain & Susanne crashed the
Pulsar into the back of a Falcon at a set of lights. Not only was my
Mother-in-law closer to the accident, but her door was stuck shut & she
had to clamber over seats to get out. No personal injuries but, let's put
it this way, I'm not aloud to joke around about who gets to sit in the
back anymore!