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Show JPET PEEVE ) 7a. Satt SrfT) HpHE instructor of the Driving School, which my wife is attending at-tending at my suggestion, called at the office. He came right to the point. "I would appreciate it, sir," says he, "if you would convince your wife to withdraw from the school." "But why?" says I. "She has me completely befuddle, befud-dle, confused, and dumfounded. In fact, I'm practically a wreck and that's not counting the automobile." auto-mobile." "How does she confuse you?" says I. "Every instrument on the automobile auto-mobile is a gizmo. She refuses to J learn their names. We start out and I tell her to release the clutch slowly. She asks what is the clutch. I explain. Then she'll say, 'Oh, you mean gizmo number one.' Everything is a gizmo with a number. num-ber. I'm going crazy. "You know, sir, it would be rather simple with this number system if she would give each instrument in-strument the same number all the time. But she changes them at her convenience. Please, can't you get her to give up the idea of learning learn-ing to drive?" "I'm sorry, old man," says I, "I have only convinced my wife of one thing in my life. That was to marry me. It has been almost 12 years since then." "You have my sympathy," says he. He walks to the door and paused for a moment. "You can send 'the check to the school," he says and opens the door. "What check?" says I. "The one for $325.34 for repairs on the automobile," says he. "Your wife got gizmos 1, 4 and 6 mixed I up." |