So, I'm sitting in my truck on a ferry going from Port Aransas to Aransas Pass, and I'm irritated because some van was driving like a doofus on the way to the ferry.   More irritated because I finally got around her, but when they loaded us up on the ferry, they load her on the line next to me..... that I know means she will unload before I do because I've rode this boat before....thus me being behind her again for 7 miles down the causeway.

To top it all off, she has a van full of 12 year old gurls who simply must disembark from the van to look at the 1/8 mile of water between us and our destination dock.  I suspect they will take forever to reload, thus making me wait even longer.

So, I glance over at soccergrandmom, and she is shaving.

Yes, shaving.  In the van. On the ferry.  With a razor.  Non-electric.  Her face.

She must be a tough old bitty because she wasn't using any lather.

So, I murmer to the wife "would you look at this", to which she says, loud enough for the entire ferry to hear because she's irritated I've been complaining making observations about fellow trafficers, "I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING".

I proceed to do the ol' jerk the thumb and nod the head in soccergrandma's direction, whilest simultaneously leaning back a bit so she can get a better view of the former Mrs Chewbacca, to which she says "OH MY GOSH".

And we snicker, and I am, for a short time, am out of trouble about my whining  observations and commentary.

Turned out to be a very short time, as a few miles down the causeway I accidently made some comments about their Methodist church bumper sticker and how I had them pegged for Baptists the way she was driving.



So, the ettiquite question is....should I send a thank-you gram and complimentary razor to the old lady in the van for getting me out of trouble?

Yes.

A Gillette Mach 3 would be my suggestion.