Gette The Vette - Ongoing Series

The other day Chip and I were out tooling around in our fabulous 1977 Corvette driving along the Lake Erie shoreline on Lake Road. Some of the homes there are to die for. They're gorgeous. Even the less than spectacular ones are awesome because what's their backyard? That's right. Lake Erie. A Great Lake! What's not to love.

A number of the homes along Lake Road, particularly several belonging to pro athletes, are over the top in their granduer. I don't know if those people have money to burn or feel somehow compelled to spend extravagantly on their homes but in my humble opinon those houses are extrememly pretencious. We get it! You're rich! You win! You 're the man or woman! Get over yourself!

We crept along Lake Road gawking at one home in particular that looks like a cross between a catering hall, mosque and cruise liner. "Look at thing", I said to Chip. "Tsk, so prententious..."

The ever delightful and insightful young Charles quipped right back at me, "Dad, you're driving a RED CORVETTE!"

Kids say the darndest things, don't they?