Joe, you are right! It was Bill who was driving when the map blew across his face and we mowed down reflectors and plowed up some desert and so on. "How," you may ask, "did this come to you in the middle of the night?"
Well, here's the thing I suddenly remembered: immediately after this event Bill began to self flagellate. If he had used his grandfather's accent it would have sounded like a Monty Python skit. "I'm never driving again. I'm not a safe driver. Anybody who would do this doesn't deserve to drive."
It took quite a bit of coaxing to get Bill back in the saddle.
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Hmmm. I could be wrong, but I think you're conflating two events — easy to do, since they each mingle terror with big laughs. One is the Chuck Jones-inspired map-on-face gag. And one is the Animal Cracker episode that Bill referred to yesterday. Wish I had time right now to relate my crystal-clear-seeming memory of the animal cracker story, but Will's hobbling around with a sprained ankle and I've got to make room for his history project kiosk in my car and help him get it to school! More soon!
it all runs together but i'm pretty sure i was driving with map in face and during the 'flattening of reflectors'...you know, hank seems to be the only one without a 'hazardous when driving sticker'!
me being hard on myself...not surprising, it lasted until i had kids....now you have to go with the flow and there is no place for selfishness...
with the windows contastly down i'm surprised we did have more 'maps in face' or objects careening down the road behind us (ie: see pillow)
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