Hmmm...okay, this is another one of those things I have to file in the "I don't get it" category:
It's one of those visor clips that says, "Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly."
To me, this is a slap in the face of angels everywhere.
Now don’t get me wrong. I’m all for safe driving…following the speed limit…not tempting fate.
But if the only reason I have to drive the speed limit is to stay in range of some lame guardian angel, then I have a real problem.
He’s an angel! A supernatural being! Yet he can’t keep up with a mini-van?
C’mon! What kind of pathetic, handicapped angel have I been issued, anyway?
Personally, I'd like to know that in the event of an accident, my guardian angel isn’t six blocks behind me, panting on a bench at the bus stop because he can’t keep up with a four cylinder engine.
Which brings me to my next question. Why does the angel have to fly along outside the car in the first place? If he has such a hard time keeping up, why can’t he at least ride along in the front seat with me? Is it against guardian angel code to accept rides from mortals or something?
And what about astronauts, ambulance drivers, and cheetahs? Are they not allowed to have guardian angels, since angels apparently max out at around 65 mph?
What if I have to speed to elude a crazed gunman? What if I'm rushing an injured child to the hospital? What if I'm stuck behind the wheel of a speeding bus, and I have to maintain a speed of 85 mph or a madman will set off a bomb? (hmm...might make an interesting movie)
Will my guardian angel shrug and walk away, saying, "Tough luck, Chickie. You're on your own. I didn't take my Geritol today."
I don’t think we give supreme beings enough credit. Either God is with me, or he isn't.
We should drive safely because it's stupid and bone-headed to speed...not because the heavenly hosts are too old or frail or slow to keep up with us.
If I were an angel, I'd start a petition to have those visor things banned.
I'd make a new visor clip that says, "If you get in an accident because you take a hairpin curve at 95 mph, don't blame an angel, you moron."
