My mom was an unsafe driver - always speeding, not paying attention, many tickets, accidents, etc. I always argued with her about her driving. Every time she wrecked a car, my dad always told her "You're nuts."
When I was 10, she was pulled over for speeding again on the way home from my piano lesson. My piano teacher had 2 Black cats. My mom blamed the cats for her speeding ticket.
Not the fact that she was going 60 mph in a 35 mph zone......it was THOSE CATS.
I'd laugh at her & she'd tell me to "Shut up," which (of course) made me laugh more.