Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for April 06, 2015
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richard's poor almanac the washington auto show by richard thompson man 1: awesome! man 2: whoa! man 3: cool! interest ran high in hummer's new line of smaller gas-efficient vehicles, dubbed hummbugs, even though they were obviously little chunks of a full-sized hummer that'd been chopped up & repackaged. other gm models showed a tendency towards gloominess. among those displayed were the chevrolet enerva, the buick fantod and the cadillac slough of despond (pictured). ford tried to be more upbeat, touting its new truck, the overhaul, as "roomy enough for a family of 6 plus all their earthly posses-sions" and "great for those sudden, wrenching relocations." the hit of the show was the new smidgen, from nokia-rascal, a hybrid car-cellphone with digital video camera, 2-5" screen, satellite radio, bluetooth, a continuous prostate monitor & squatonomic steering system. reportedly, it will also be available pimped. nokia: can you hear me now? man 4: awesome
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Hokey smokes, Bullwinkle! If that weren’t a surreal vision of an auto show, I don’t know what is….
magicwalnut over 9 years ago
thanks to Richard for the first genuine guffaw of the day!
PoodleGroomer over 9 years ago
The Ford Overhaul’s biggest competitor is a used F250 diesel crewcab with a used fifth wheel horse trailer and hitch.
aerilim over 9 years ago
I’m getting the new Smitgen from Nokia-Rascal, God knows we’ll need a prostate monitor that’s not invasive…
Rush Strong Premium Member over 9 years ago
The Smidgen reminds me of the Shakabutsu Micro Mini Midget V-0 that Mad Magazine featured way back when.