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Um, lookout?
H has often scolded me for gasping, or saying, "Lookout!" from the passenger seat of the car.
"If you're going to alert me to something I may not have seen, be specific. Chances are I've already seen whatever it is and am mid-reaction. Your reaction makes me think there's something else I didn't see and messes up my reacting to the first thing. 'Lookout!'doesn't help."
Can't really argue with that. I've learnt to say, "He's turning," if I think he's not paying attention and may not have seen the car in front of the car ahead of us with its blinker on. "On your right!" for a car evidently not stopping at the intersection ahead. And so on.
So when I saw the deer bounding across the median, after having just successfully crossed two lanes of oncoming traffic and evidently preparing to cross in front of the tanker truck just ahead of us, what I said was, "Deer! Deer, deer, deer, deer!"
What I should have said was, "Doe! Doe, doe, doe, doe!" because what he heard was, "Dear! Dear, dear, dear, dear!"
However, he'd seen her, and had already begun slowing and steering for the shoulder. The tanker slowed fractionally, enough that she nimbly skipped across both lanes in front of him and scrambled up the bank and was gone by the time we reached the spot.
"If you're going to alert me to something I may not have seen, be specific. Chances are I've already seen whatever it is and am mid-reaction. Your reaction makes me think there's something else I didn't see and messes up my reacting to the first thing. 'Lookout!'doesn't help."
Can't really argue with that. I've learnt to say, "He's turning," if I think he's not paying attention and may not have seen the car in front of the car ahead of us with its blinker on. "On your right!" for a car evidently not stopping at the intersection ahead. And so on.
So when I saw the deer bounding across the median, after having just successfully crossed two lanes of oncoming traffic and evidently preparing to cross in front of the tanker truck just ahead of us, what I said was, "Deer! Deer, deer, deer, deer!"
What I should have said was, "Doe! Doe, doe, doe, doe!" because what he heard was, "Dear! Dear, dear, dear, dear!"
However, he'd seen her, and had already begun slowing and steering for the shoulder. The tanker slowed fractionally, enough that she nimbly skipped across both lanes in front of him and scrambled up the bank and was gone by the time we reached the spot.
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"If you're going to alert me to something I may not have seen, be specific. Chances are I've already seen whatever it is and am mid-reaction. Your reaction makes me think there's something else I didn't see and messes up my reacting to the first thing. 'Lookout!'doesn't help."
Heh. I always yell at passengers for that, too. Half the time, my friends are GASPING at something like "Look at that car! It's so cool!" But they don't say that -- they just GASP and point, and it freaks me out.
I like the interpretation of "Dear dear dear...."
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The Simpsons are driving when an animal darts in front of their car...
Homer: D'oh!
Lisa: A deer!
Marge: A female deer!
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And I do precisely the same thing as you, and Nic has the same reaction as H. But I would like to point out that I have a perfect driving record, gold stars all over the place, and he's the one with five points on his record.
Nyeh.
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But imagine what might have happened had it been a male and you shouted 'Buck! Buck, buck, buck, buck!"
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