Close to Home by John McPherson for April 05, 2024

Hey Zed, bring out the Gimp! Wake him up!

“Now I’m hearing ka-ching.”

But there’s a lot of truth in this. Been there as an honest mechanic, and the noise tells you a heck of a lot!

Bleeb’s qualified to do shop work at the mechanic’s bench!

How much for a shnick-poy-oy-oy-oing , click-click, boing-boing, flummph?

Where’s Don Martin when you need him!?

Wasn’t this a game called Bopit?

What if it a ping-ping-plunk?

The diagnosis is pretty sound.

Sounds like he should go somewhere else.

Now, if it’s a cha-ching noise, I’m looking at early retirement.

I might trust the computer diagnosis first.

Sounds like it’s a ka-ching noise for Zed.

It’s got a beat and you can dance to it. Release it as a single on iTunes, and you can use the streaming revenue to pay for the repairs.

What if goes click and clack?

Another good reason to get an electric car…

Well at those prices we know it’s not a dealership!

I think it’s more of a “clink, clank, clunk, caching$ caching$” noise.

More like 2,000 or 5,000

How much for a good set of earplugs?

If it goes ting-tang-walla-walla-bing-bang, you need a witch doctor.

He knows what he’s talking about, he used to be a sound man for the movies.

“Hey, onomatopoeia.”

“Hey, I don’t care if your bladder’s empty.”

How about “Bomp-pa-bomp-pa-bomp”? Or “Ram-a-lama-ding-dong”? Maybe “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom”?

What if it goes “bop-shu-op”?

I’ll take the $500 noise versus a rack and pinion that’s going to cost close to $2000.

What about for tik-tik-BOOM?