11/05/2026
Wash it, gas it, and give me the keys. Find out how this inside joke between Joey and Kim came to be in this week’s Life Lived Outside. Be sure to join us for Yoga with Gratitude this Saturday at 10 am in the greenhouse. 🌿🌼
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There are some phrases that just get stuck in your head. Years ago, Kim and I were watching David Letterman when he said, Wash it, gas it, and give me the keys. It was one of those quick little Letterman moments like he was trying out a little bit. Then he made some sort of comment about how people would still be saying that phrase decades later.
Well, I don’t know about people saying it, but somehow, that little line lodged itself in our brains. And every once in a while, completely out of nowhere, one of us will say it.
It has become one of those strange little pieces of family shorthand that doesn’t really need an explanation. Kim and I know exactly what it means, even when other people are looking at us like we are nuts.
Most recently, it came up around a car. I don’t even remember if it was when we got a new car or when Abby was helping a friend with a car. Either way, suddenly there it was again.
Wash it. Gas it. Give me the keys.
A line from an old late-night TV show that was never intended to be funny for more than a few seconds. And decades later, Kim and I are still saying it. I guess Letterman knew what he was talking about. Some things just stick…
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