Why is it called a ‘Station Wagon’?

Saw that this am and enjoyed it a lot.Makes a lot of sense when you really think about.If you have any questions Greg,let me know!
Jim

Great read. This will actually help me be a better parent this week than I was last week.

Just last week, my oldest - knowing he was being antagonizing asked me, "So, why would anybody even make station wagons in the first place?"

Because I didn't have THOSE facts, I reverted to "Are you kidding me? Why make wagons? Bite your tongue, you turd! The real question that needs to be asked is why they'd bother to make anything BUT wagons!"

He just smiled and kept pressing his luck - since we were in my cavalier wagon he replied, "Ok, so I get that a big wagon can haul stuff, but why bother to make such a little weenie wagon like this. This thing barely hauls US!"

To which I rattled off the huge list of things I'd hauled in it, including a transmission, and I made the mistake of bragging that the car hauled so much stuff in the back end on one trip, that it was dang near doing a wheelie.

His responce - "Almost a wheelie, huh? ......... Good thing it had YOU sitting at the front!"

Ahhhh, good times.

The nuns are gonna love that kid. Have him wear gloves to school.
As far as why there are wagons; tell him that once upon a time, there were no minivans or civilized pickup trucks.

Haha, his teacher now is a nun. Her note to him for Christmas break was "Make a resolution about nonsense."

This led to the following conversation:

Father - What's this about nonsense? You some kind of screw off in class?

son - NO, DAD! I swear I'm not, but sometimes I do make jokes that other people hear and then they laugh.

Father - Are your jokes even funny?

son - Well, yea. Pretty much.

Father - Ok then. Good. As long as you're funny enough to justify whatever trouble you might get in. That's all I ask.

such a GOOD father...

Oh yeah, is the boy going to make a resolution... or not?

Meh. He also explained he very often gets blame/credit for a LOT of disruptions that he didn't have any part of.

It's not really that big of a deal. His teacher is a sweet lady, but she was already old and a loony toon when ADRIA had her as a 5th grade teacher.

Sounds like he takes after his pop,right John?In todays world,guess thats not such a bad thing.
Jim