Carpool Profile: Mumbles

So, this is Mumbles, our newest member of the carpool. Mumbles -- who is of average height, by the way -- got his nickname because, quite often, his speech is indecipherable. Mumbles is also the youngest member of the 'pool, which means that, when we can understand him, we learn the jargon of today's youth.

A couple of Mumbles' favorite phrases:

• "What is up?" -- This phrase is used instead of the usual, more colloquial "What's up?" or "Wuz Up?"
• "Man, that's sick." -- This, I think, means that something is really good.
• "Rock" or "Rocking" -- A word used to mean "wear" or "wearing." E.g., "So, back in high school, I used to rock [read: wear] the hat."

Mumbles is also a friend to animals and plants alike. He knows how to send a crab to a peaceful dreamland by rubbing its belly. (Adorable, huh?) And he thinks that scotchbroom gets a bad rap. He's quite opinionated about this, actually. Rather than thinking of scotchbroom as a destructive invasive species, he thinks of it as "just doing it's thing."

Mumbles, you keep doing your thing.