The cartalk.com TIME KILL WEEKLY New CD ALERT Edition ______________________________________________ Killing Time, Unencumbered by the Work Process ______________________________________________ Maury Maille, Editor
What's new at Car Talk Plaza? A great new collection of Car Talk calls for you. Just in time for the holiday season! (What an odd coincidence!) The subject of our newest collection is mothers and cars. We've already done "fathers and cars," (and, boy, was that a rat's nest!). But now we're into the wiser of the parental units. We'll announce the new collection, called Maternal Combustion: Calls about Moms and Cars, on the show this weekend. But we wanted you, our loyal Time Kill Weekly subscribers, to know about it before anyone else. (Does that sound like blatant marketing gibberish, or will some of you actually fall for that "know about it before anyone else" line and buy the CD? I guess time will tell.) Anyway, Maternal Combustion features some of our favorite calls involving moms-- including Tom and Ray's beloved and (need we say it?) long-suffering mother, Elizabeth. Lizzie lets us in on the travails of raising her two favorite, time-wasting hellions. And you'll hear her utter what just might be the most-repeated phrase from more than two decades of Car Talk. Curious enough to listen to some clips? We thought so. Click here, and then select the "Shameless Commerce" link on the top right side of the navigation bar: http://www.cartalk.com Maternal Combustion covers the gamut of motherly conundrums, from the practical to the aesthetic to the ethical. There's Sarah, who thought her kids had a peeing contest in the car.... Heidi, who's doing everything in her power to get a Miata instead of a minivan... Craig, whose new truck was a gift from his soon-to-be ex-girlfriend. (Does he have to give it back?) Plus several appearances by Momma Magliozzi, and many other memorable Car Talk moments. Maternal Combustion is being pressed as we speak. We expect it to ship from our Shameless Commerce Division on November 29th, in plenty of time wrap it before the holidays for the moms in your life. Order yours right now and we'll put your request on the top of the heap. And, yes, we'll be sure to slap Tommy on the hand and keep him from processing your credit card until the CD actually ships. You have our word on it. Yours in another catastrophically wasted hour, Maury Maille Chief Maternal Audiologist Car Talk Plaza P.S. Here's this week's Lame Joke Of The Week, courtesy of Franklin Jones: An elderly gentleman, very well dressed, in his mid-60's, with hair well groomed, great looking suit, flower in his lapel, smelling slightly of an expensive after-shave lotion, presenting a well-cared-for image, walks into an upscale cocktail lounge in a major city. Seated at the bar is an elderly lady, early 60's, also well dressed and attractive, sitting alone. The gentleman walks over, sits down beside her, orders a drink, takes a sip, turns to her, and says, "So, tell me, do I come here often?" ******************* USEFUL INFORMATION ALERT: Tired of paying auto club dues to an outfit that lobbies against environmental causes? Check out Better World Club. It's an auto club with genuinely decent values-- unlike some others we could name... whose initials just so happen to be AAA. Better World Club cares about... *Your environmental interests: It gives 1% of its revenue towards environmental clean up and advocacy. *Your consumer interests: It even has discounts on hybrid rental cars. *And, it has the nation's only bicycle roadside assistance program. Dump your AAA membership and join Better World! If you join via the Car Talk web site, you'll get an extra month's membership. Check out Better World now 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
