The cartalk.com TIME KILL WEEKLY Special Ugly Situation Edition ______________________________________________ Killing Time, Unencumbered by the Work Process ______________________________________________ Maury Maille, Editor
What's new at Car Talk Plaza? It's been a heck of a week, actually. First, Ray and our Senior Web Lackey get busted, jamming the paper shredder at our local NPR station. Why? Because they wanted to see if it could shred Tommy's Merino wool scarf. (Answer: not very well.) Then there was Joey Kahn, the reporter from the Boston Globe, who's been tailing our staff for the last few weeks-- despite our best efforts to elude him. When all was said and done, he outed us as foul-mouthed boors and yahoos. (His spread on Car Talk ran a few days ago. If you're desperate for reading, head to http://www.boston.com/globe and search "Car Talk." Warning: The Globe will charge you a buck or two for the archived article, so don't bother unless you can charge it to your office.) Now, we need your help. It's our latest effort in our never-ending search for the truth. We're trying to identify the ugliest new car you can buy. No, Tommy's not looking for a new ride. It's just our humble opinion that there's an entirely new generation of exceptionally disfigured vehicles. But we want to hear from you. What do you think? What's your nomination for the ugliest new car? Let us know, via http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/uglycar/ Send us your suggestion, along with your compelling explanation for your nomination. In a few weeks, we'll tally the score, and start an official vote for the Ugliest New Car. That's all for now. A head's up just between us Time Kill Specialists: Our next Time Kill Weekly will feature a special announcement of a rather interesting (well, we think so, anyway), new feature from Car Talk Plaza. Look for it in about a week. Yours in seeking new ways to kill time, Maury Maille Director of Ugly Affairs Car Talk Plaza P.S. Here's this week's Lame Joke Of The Week, courtesy of Michael Tannehill: Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A cell phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker-function and begins to talk. Everyone else in the room stops to listen. MAN: "Hello?" WOMAN: "Honey, it's me. Are you at the club?" MAN: "Yes." WOMAN: "I'm at the mall now and found this beautiful leather coat. It's only $1,000. Is it okay if I buy it?" MAN: "Sure...go ahead if you like it that much." WOMAN: "I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new 2005 models. I saw one I really liked." MAN: "How much?" WOMAN: "$65,000." MAN: "OK, but for that price I want it with all the options." WOMAN: "Great! Oh, and one more thing... The house we wanted last year is back on the market. They're asking $950,000." MAN: "Well, then go ahead and give them an offer, but just offer $900,000." WOMAN: "OK. I'll see you later! I love you!" MAN: "Bye, I love you too." The man hangs up. The other men in the locker room are looking at him in astonishment. Then he smiles and asks, "Anyone know whose phone this is?" ******************* USEFUL INFORMATION ALERT: Tired of paying auto club dues to an outfit that lobbies against environmental causes? Check out Better World Club. They're an auto club with genuinely decent values-- unlike some others we could name... whose initials happen to be AAA. Better World Club cares about... *Your environmental interests--they give 1% of their revenue to environmental clean up and advocacy. *Your consumer interests. They even have discounts on hybrid rental cars. *And they have the nation's only bicycle roadside assistance program. Dump your AAA membership and join Better World Club! If you join via the Car Talk web site, they'll even give you an extra month's membership. Check them out 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
