Bacon, Bailout Money, and Bingo Dangle

By now, you know that most of my blogs start off with an aha moment.....this one is no different. It happened on Friday when I was talking to Erin about her hesitation to just go ahead and buy a new car. I had told her that if I still lived in Kansas, I would be driving a car with manual (standard) transmission....yes...a stick shift. I have always liked driving a manual - I always felt like I had more control of the car. But I digress - this is not my aha moment. My aha moment has to do with manual window handles....you know......what we used to have to do before we had electric windows in our cars. OK, now that we are on the same page. This is the demise of all women my age who don't like to work out......this used to be our workout. Crank the window down, crank the window up....several times a day. We worked out our upper arms. And here is it is.....I NEVER had "bingo-dangle" on my arms until I purchased a car with electric windows. Are you unfamiliar with the term "bingo-dangle"? It is the loose skin under my upper arms that keeps swinging after you raise your hand to call out bingo. In the UK, it is called having bat wings. I realized in that moment, in my office, that I too was struggling right along side of the big automakers....why.....because they put me in this situation. It is not my fault........it is GM's fault........I need a bailout. Of course the "bingo-dangle" has nothing to do with the fact that every weekend that I love having an egg, bacon, and biscuit breakfast. Oh no it is GM's fault..that's my story and I am sticking to it. So right after this blog, I am getting ready to send my letter off to see if I can get some bailout money for my "bingo-dangle." It is a crisis and I need to act quick...I think the letter should ready something like this.....Dear Mr. President...I am writing to you because there is a crisis in America.....GM is at fault for all of the "bingo -dangle" that it is it spilling out of many a the mid-western woman's shirt, and it moving quickly to the East and West coast. We need your help now - before this reaches epidemic portions.......!!! I will keep you posted if I can get some bailout money......until then I will continue to wave with my arms close to my sides.