I know this is not wordish but our title ‘vroom with a hue’ reminded me of when my son was about three years old. We were not very rich (single parent et al) during those peanut butter years and all I could afford was a car that was just this side of kicken’ the bucket.

Well one day, Jon was playing with his dinky cars when he picked one up and started hacking and weezing: Hack-hack- phlegmy cough, phlegmy cough, hack hack, wheeze…

“What on earth are you doing,” I asked.

“Well Mom,” he says like it is plainly evident, “I have to start the car, don’t I”

It was definitely time to buy a new car.