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ATLANTA, GA How many of us have had a perfectly good sibling battle disrupted by the infamous parental threat: “Don’t make me stop this car…”? Most of us know exactly how it feels to have a family road trip ruined by a parent who just couldn’t take a little fun. But how many parents have actually followed through on that threat? According to our records, none—until last week.
Last weekend, two children, Brandon and Samantha Roberts, were on their way with their parents to a relaxing family vacation in Palm Beach, Florida, when they tested the limits of their father’s threat–and the impossible happened.
The two children were in the back seat of their Dodge Caravan, listening to their parents argue over an unfolded
road map, when Brandon threw one of his Matchbox cars at his sister. Samatha shrieked and hit her brother in the back of the head with a book.
“Stop that!” snapped their father, Benjamin.
But it was too much fun now—much more fun than coloring or playing the alphabet game or counting cows or trying to get truckers to blow their horns. So the two continued to hit each other with heavy objects and scream louder and longer than large jungle animals.
Then came the threat: “Don’t make me stop this car!”
The two became silent for a while, but they just couldn’t take it any longer. And besides, there was no way Dad would really do it, right? So the sibling battle continued.
Just minutes later, it happened. With a “That does it!” Benjamin stepped on the brakes, and the car stopped. Right on the side of the highway. The children suddenly became very quiet. In fact, they stopped their battle, their fists frozen in mid-swing.
Upon stopping the car, Benjamin got out and walked away. Witnesses in the Atlanta area claim to have seen a man resembling Benjamin Roberts driving alone in a rented convertible, headed for the Florida border.
The van and the children were found along the side of the road, just 15 miles down the highway from its first stop. The children’s mother was nowhere to be found.
The children, who were still fighting, didn’t seem to notice.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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