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What Ever Happened to the Thank You Ma’am?
The Internet has let me down on this one
If you are old enough, you might remember Thank You Ma’ams.
These were dips or bumps in the road that would give you a funny feeling in your stomach as you passed over them. You might have called them something different — if you even know what I’m talking about at all.
I thought of Thank You Ma’Ams today as my wife and I were driving back from a doctor’s appointment because the road ahead looked like one.
It wasn’t a Thank You Ma’am. Thinking about it, I realized that I haven’t experienced or even thought about Thank You Ma’am’s in years. Many, many years. Decades.
Where did they go?
So what happened? Sure, maybe roads are smoothed out more than they were sixty-plus years ago, and suspensions are certainly better, but my guess is that seatbelts might have more to do with it. Without a seatbelt, I don’t think you can go up high enough to get that odd stomach sensation. Unless you are jumping cars with ramps, your car probably can’t go up that far that fast.
Or do you have to be a child of the right weight to get that sensation?
What do you think? I couldn’t find an answer on the internet, though admittedly I didn’t try all that hard. Why don’t we have these anymore? Seatbelts, more level roads, both, or something else?
