Law and Order: Vehicle Victim Unit

Family X gets rid of Clunker Junker (Exhibit A)

Exhibit A

Family X buys new car (Exhibit B)

Exhibit B

Trusty Rusty (Exhibit C) gets demoted from primary family transportation to Hubby's commuter car.Exhibit C

2 Months Later:
Wife goes outside, sees new car has been victim of ruthless crime, screams for husband, and presents said husband with new car's graffiti: scratches all across passenger side of car (Exhibit D).

Exhibit D

Investigation begins: fingerprints taken, security tapes reviewed, and witnesses interviewed. No luck. Conclusion: Key evidence found in Exhibit E. Suspect and weapon apprehended. Suspect given house arrest and community service, with possibility of parole at age 18 for good behavior.

Exhibit E

Mystery Solved. Welcome into the Cheney family, Mr. Car.




In all actuality, when I found the scratches all over our new car, I called quickly for Brian to come look. He asked what happened and I told him about how apparently when Ethan was riding his bike next to the car the day before, a metal piece of the handle must have been scratching it! I was upset, but my wonderful husband just took a deep breath, shrugged it off, and said, "Well, these things happen. Good thing we won't be selling this car and needing a good resale value on it in the future." And a new rule of no riding bikes close to cars was implemented. Can I just say how thankful I am to have a husband who doesn't sweat the small stuff? He sees the big picture more often than I do, so I get good reminders like this once in a while that says , 'yeah, that stinks, but what can we do now? Let's prevent it in the future and move on without worrying about it.' Note to self: remember this when 16-year-old Ethan comes home having backed the family car up into a telephone pole.