Brad, There's something about a black Mercedex-Benz SUV that brings out the self-assertiveness in some people.
arthur, I almost expect to see a swastika flying from the right front fender. -----Original Message----- From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:37 PM To: Harry Pollard Cc: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] The solution to the S.U.V. problem Harry Pollard wrote: > Brad, > > As I said earlier, women seem to like SUV's because they feel safer in > them, something born out by the statistics. > > It seems to me that most cars now are advertised as reaching 60 in 3 > seconds, or something, and screaming around corners on mountain courses > inches away from a precipitous drop. Well... we know S.U.V.'s are not good at taking corners fast. Consumers Union has documented this point pretty thoroughly, I think. ** There is one SUV model that's special: I forget the b-tch's name -- can someone refresh my memory? (it's not Tizzie Lizzie or Lizzie Borden, but maybe it's something like that -> Ah! Lizzie Grubman, I think???...) -- but she is some rich NY real estate magnate's daughter, and i think she has her own PR agency, and, one night, the doorman at a night club somewhere out on the rich part of Long Island -- Southampton??? -- ca. 1 AM -- told her she had to move her vehicle from the no parking zone, so she put it in reverse and slammed into a bunch of people (and later blamed it on the car!). I saw another of those black Mercedes SUVs today, going West near Exit 6 on I-287 in White Plains -- and the [...] driving it was living up to her role model's standards. There's something about a black Mercedex-Benz SUV that brings out the self-assertiveness in some people. As they said in the 1930s: The solution to pollution is dilution. \brad mccormick > > That advertising is for the testerone types (who may never actually > drive very fast through city traffic). > > Harry > ---------------------------------------- > > Brad wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Males without power tend to prefer SUVs, The bigger the better. >> >> >> Maybe you "nave the numbers"? >> >> But I would have *thought* that males without >> power would prefer: >> >> (1) Pickup trucks, and/or >> >> (2) Sports cars (incl. American "muscle cars", >> "hot rods", etc.). >> >> "Little GTO, you're really doing fine -- 3 deuces and >> 4 four speed, and a 389...." (ref. lost) >> >> America has taken the automobile into its heart, >> and the automibile has taken over America. >> (--Eric Severeid) >> >> \brad mccormick >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 4:03 PM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Brad McCormick, Ed.D. >>> Subject: Re: [Futurework] The solution to the S.U.V. problem >>> >>> Brad McCormick wrote: >>> >>>> Instead of S.U.V.s, people should buy "cabs" for >>>> "semis" -- you know, the big trucks that do long distance >>>> freight hauling. Most of them have a sleeping compartment >>>> behind the driver's seat, many hae television >>> >>> >>> Almost there! http://poseur.4x4.org/futuresuv.html >>> ;-) >>> Chris > > > > **************************************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > Tel: (818) 352-4141 -- Fax: (818) 353-2242 > http://home.attbi.com/~haledward > **************************************************** > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.484 / Virus Database: 282 - Release Date: 5/27/2003 -- Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
