A prank where the occupants of a stopped car get out and run around wildly until drivers behind them become annoyed. At which point everyone jumps back in and goes on. It is believed that the expression may have come via the 1920’s US Navy Yangtze River Patrol in reference to the often chaotic drills run on board with Chinese trainees. A lot of hurried commotion to get nowhere.

For what seemed like forever we drove parallel to the interstate.   Every now and then Uncle Louie would be forced into a right hand or left turn around a closed street or a dead end, but he managed to always bring us back driving alongside the highway.   Angel and I were stuffed in to the backseat with Uncle Louie behind the wheel and Loretta riding shotgun playing with the r...

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