The cartalk.com TIME KILL WEEKLY Special Procrastinator's Alert Edition ______________________________________________ Killing Time, Unencumbered by the Work Process ______________________________________________ Maury Maille, Editor
What's new at Car Talk Plaza? It's Don Ho shirt season, that's what! Summer officially arrived this week in Our Fair City, with Ray blissfully soaking up the 90-degree temperatures in the garage and Tommy hurling invective at passing motorists, from his designated park bench on Boston Common. But not all is calm and summery. Our Shameless Commerce Lackeys are busy, busy, busy filling orders for Father's Day. Tomorrow, Wednesday the 16th is the last day for ordering, for delivery via Second Day UPS in time for Dad's big day this coming Sunday. Okay, okay. You can order on Thursday-- but you'll have to pay for overnight air delivery. And, if you're cheap like us, that just means one thing: dad won't be getting squat this year if you don't order by Wednesday. So you can still order our popular silk necktie, featuring our ridiculous staff credits in tiny print across the front. (From a distance, it looks like a dignfied tie. Up close, it's more of our lame Car Talk humor, with the likes of Donatello Nobatti, our Top Secret Strategist, our Makeup Artist Bud Tuggli, and, of course, our Chief Legal Counsel, Hugh Louis Dewey.) Add to that our, "Why You Should Never Listen To Your Father When it Comes to Cars" CD and you've got our "Tie Him Up and Make Him Listen" Package-- and you've just saved yourself a fiver. It's all at our online Shameless Commerce Division, at http://www.cartalk.com But remember, last day is Wednesday. And real last day is Thursday. And we really mean it! In other news... know someone who drives an SUV? Know someone who drives an SUV-- and really doesn't need one, but has succumbed to the supposed glamour that comes with hogging the road, sucking gas and endangering the rest of us in smaller vehicles? Why not "out" him or her? Starting this week, you can out an SUV driver right here on our lousy little web site. Our first "Outee" is Herbert Bischoff, who was outed by his son Shannon, the miserable ingrate. Herb drives a 4,600 pound Chevy Suburban-- and lugs around zero passengers, one briefcase, one heavy duty stainless steel coffee mug and a bag of nuts and raisins. (Good thing he's got that 2,900 pound cargo capacity!) You can see Herbert's full outing by visiting http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/suvouting/ Another reason to embarass your pal or loved one into dumping their SUV? It's far more likely to tip over in an accident. Don't think that's such a big deal? Check out the grim new results from recent government rollover test. Click on "New Rollover Ratings" at http://www.cartalk.com Time to get to work outing some of those pesky relatives, Maury Maille Chief Don Ho Shirt Tester Car Talk Plaza P.S. Here's this week's Lame Joke Of The Week, courtesy of Dave Pozar: A woman drives home in a brand new Porsche Boxster, runs in the house and shouts, "Honey, I just won the lottery! Pack your bags, you're going on a trip!". Her husband says, "Great! Should I pack for the beach, or the mountains?". The wife says, "I don't care, just get out!" ******************* Doing some car research? Via our lousy, little homepage you can... *Check important safety recalls *See what your car is worth right now *Check rebates and incentives on new cars *Search your town for new or used cars for sale *Place an ad to sell your car that'll actually be seen by people in your area *Research and compare new vehicles *Get the latest car news *Kill time until 5:00 pm rolls around and you can pack it in. *It's all at http://www.cartalk.com ******************** Got more time to kill? This past weekend's new, lousy Car Talk show is now on the web site, at http://www.cartalk.com/Radio/Show/ ******************** Miss the puzzler? Losing sleep over it? Add your e mail to our Car Talk Puzzler Psychic Friends Network and we'll personally hand deliver Ray's new puzzler to your inbox every Monday. http://www.cartalk.com/ct/maillist.jsp?puzzler_list=subscribe#psychic ******************* Embarrassed by having e mails from Car Talk in your inbox? Can't say that we blame you. Unsubscribe any time, via http://www.cartalk.com/ct/maillist.jsp?mailing_list=subscribe
