One of my most embarrassing moments....

When I first started driving, I was 17 and thought I was the shit. It was 1973 and I had saved up enough money to buy and insure a clunky old red Datsun 510.

My Carol King 8 track was blasting out my cranked down windows along with my long blond hair as I drove up Floral Blvd., our town main drag.

Singing along with Carol, “It’s too late baby now it’s too late though I really thought we could make it....”, I should have been paying more attention.

The light turned green at the first crossroad and I accelerated, when out of my perrpherial I saw my new boyfriend’s best friend, Jimmy, pass by slowly in his convertible MGB, pointing and laughing.

Did I really think that the people and cars around me couldn’t see me inside the cabin of my clunker? Right before the light turned green, I dug deep with my pointer finger into my nose to pull out a giant booger that I flicked out the window. “He couldn’t have seen me do that, could he?”

Yep. The next day, I was hanging uptown with our whole group, including my new boyfriend when Jimmy comes right up to me and says,

“Do you want to pick us another winner? I saw you yesterday digging for gold right over there.” He then pointed at the intersection.

Everyone started laughing and I lied saying, “No way! I was just covering a yawn.”

And he then double zinged me good, “Yeah right, I’ve never seen anyone flick a yawn, have you?”