hmmmm ... maybe it means "drag your feet and reject any sense of time."

;)

-G

The interpreation isn't in the sentence, it is in the voice.

"Get in the car, it's time to go"
means

"You have a few minutes left to play until I get annoyed"

"GET IN THE CAR, IT'S TIME TO GO!"

means

"Hurry up and finish what you are doing, because I will lose it soon"

and finally

"GET IN THE G-DDAMN CAR NOW!"

means

"Time to Go"

Now, I used different words since trying post "voice inflictions" is difficult, but you should get the idea... 1 sentence, different meanings (particularly to kids) all depending on HOW it is said.

because in their minds, they add, "when it's convenient for you...."

In one ear and out the other...

And it kind of defeats the purpose for me to "leave" them, since the reason we were getting in the car was to go to drum lessons, and I don't play.

In my house it means, "Let the stalling games begin." The rules are simple: See how long you can avoid getting into the car while making that vein in mom's forehead throb yet not explode. It is a very delicate balance, I hear. And they are very good at it.

I've learned to say "I'll be in the car. Go NOW." They I sneak around to check email and such. By the time I am done, they have fumbled and stumbled their way to the car. (Did I mention we are never on time anywhere?)

I used to threaten to leave them, but then my four-year-old realized that meant he'd have full run of the house, toys, snacks, and all without a pesky old adult getting in the way of his elaborate plan to swing from the chandeliers and brandish the big spatula like a sword.

Ahh, thank goodness it isn't just me. I don't need to go to first grade or I'd try leaving them once or twice to see if that'd teach 'em. But then again, I may like the first grade this time. Maybe I'll try that tomorrow. I'll go to first grade and the eldest can stay home and watch the other two! Good plan!

I usually do a lot of "GET IN THE CAR, HONEY! MOVE IT MOVE IT MOVE IT!! NOW NOW NOW!!!" before they start to believe me. I'm not sure what they think I mean when I say that first "Time to go! Get in the car!" thing.

My children have informed me that "get in the car, it's time to go" means, mom is going to talk to her friends for another 30 min. or so, that is if we are leaving from where the friends are. (guilty)

Boy oh boy, can I relate. "Get in the car" in my house is equal to "once you finish the xbox game that you have mastered and never die on, we are ready to leave."

Now, I just unplug the darned thing and they move. Who knew!

-H

Hmm...I guess it's different with toddlers...mine are always after ME with "outsiiiide, outsiiiiide" and "let's go in Mommy's van!".

sorta the same as "hurry or we'll be late!" translates into "guess we have time to go find a toy to bring in the car/snack for the road/find the missing GB game"

Grrr...

My son's halloween joke:

Q: What does Batman say to Robin when it is time to get in the car?

A: Robin, get in the car!

Ha Ha
Thanks for playing! Tip your waitress!

Hey (hey) you (you)
Get into my car
Who me, yes, you
Get in to my car

I often ask my children, "Am I speaking FRENCH?" Didn't know I could speak another language. Then, I've gotta learn how to say, "HURRY UP!" in several languages.

I have to have the psycho face on before mine really understand what I mean by "Get in the car!" when we have to be somewehere they aren't necessarily interested to go to.

This face, of course, is the same face I get when they are ready for ME to get in the car to take them somewhere THEY want to be, such as a birthday party. The face comes on after about the 5th "is it time to go yet?"

It totally depends on your volume. Say it quietly and it means nothing. A little louder translates as "You have five minutes." Top volume= Get in the car NOW!!

Yep, what Lucinda said. There's get into the car, and there's GET INTO THE CAR!

Cancel the lesson or whatever for one week, tell them to get in the car, then when they don't, leave.

Then you know, next time they'll get in.

Either that or your kids will have one less thing to do.

It is always amazing how many different time zones there are in the same house. I look at the clock and it is the same time I want to leave, but it seems like I get to the car and someone is not ready, then you think you have it and someone else forgets something, so I go back in an have a seat and turn the TV back on until we have it under control, geesh!

after the fourth or fifth (and final) "I mean it! We are leaving now!!" the translation this morning was apparently "I guess that means I don't need to bring my backpack, lunch, or school project with me" despite the equally repeated reminders ...

I know exactly what you mean. I will repeat that like same frase over and over again, until my oldest daughter will notice that I am getting upset and she will tell my youngest daughter "lets get in the car, mommy is getting crazy".

I did just think of something I used to do with the children...When it was about 20 minutes until we needed to be in the car I would say "we will be leaving in 15 min." Then about 10 minutes later I would continue with "we will be leaving in 5 min." then finally, we all got in the car at the same time, i am not sure why it worked, it just did. We do not have any form of XBox, etc, and I was home schooling at the time, that could have helped a little bit...

This is the story of my life with a six-year-old boy. At our house, "Get in the car, it's time to go," apparently means "Please play in the dirt and pull leaves off the neighbors' trees."

kids today... I swear!

In my house, it's the opposite....they get in the car half an hour before I'm ready to go anywhere!