The cartalk.com TIME KILL WEEKLY Special Emergency Procrastinator's Edition ______________________________________________ Killing Time, Unencumbered by the Work Process ______________________________________________ Maury Maille, Editor
What's new at Car Talk Plaza? An emergency paternal gift airdrop, that's what. That's right. We've just received a massive shipment of stuff from the Car Talk Shameless Commerce Division that your dad might actually like -- and we need to get it out of here before the floors buckle and we find ourselves working in a subway tunnel. Haven't taken care of Father's Day yet? What we've got can be sent to Dad with a couple of mouse clicks: *Our special CD featuring calls about fathers and cars, "Why You Should Never Listen to Your Father When It Comes to Cars." *Our two CDs of disrespectful car tunes. *Our silk, Car Talk necktie (featuring our fictional staff members in tiny print). Buy it together with our Father's CD and you've got our special, dinero-saving "Tie Him Up and Make Him Listen" gift pack. *Lots of Car Talk shirts, mugs, hats -- even a special Mother and Father CD gift pack that'll help keep the peace in the family and save you some money in the process. Here's the link, right to our Shameless Commerce Division: http://www.shamelesscommerce.com You can shop right up until Thursday, June 16 at 2 pm Eastern Time. (Want to save a few bucks on the overnight shipping? Order by the end of Wednesday.) And don't worry, we'll NEVER tell dad that it was right down to the wire for you. That's between the two of us -- and your credit card processing company. As far as he'll know, you placed the order in March. While we've got your attention, here are a few, new time killing suggestions from our lousy web site: * "Ask Someone Smarter Than Us: The Car Talk Instant Answer Service." Looking for a quick car question? Interested in lending a hand and giving advice to others? Check out our new feature for our little Car Talk community and let us know what you think: http://www.wondir.com/partners/CarTalk *The Car Talk Car Survey. Ever wonder what real people think about their cars - not just the industry flaks? Read comments from actual owners and rate your car now with our new Car Talk Car Survey. Read what others are saying about your car now, at http://www.cartalk.com/content/survey/lookup.html Back to unpacking the boxes. Does anyone out there know how to calculate how many pounds per square inch an aging building in Harvard Square can take? And how many CDs it might take to, hypothetically speaking, cause it to experience rapid, catastrophic failure? We wouldn't mind hearing from you right now. Maury Maille Supreme Procrastinator Car Talk Plaza P.S. Here's this week's Lame Joke Of The Week, courtesy of Mike Walters: Why don't cannibals eat clowns? They taste funny. Bad, eh? We sure thought so. Fortunately, Mike also sent us this one: A horse walks into a bar. The bartender says, "Why the long face?" Unfortunately, it wasn't any better. Quite lame, weren't they? *************** Write Tom and Ray -- Please! Been meaning to write us a witty, genius, evocative, insightful letter? No? All right, forget genius then. How about sending us something funny we could read on the air? Write Tom and Ray right now at http://www.cartalk.com/email/email.html *************** Useful information alert: How to Get a Free Car Talk CD or Booklet Tired of paying auto club dues to an outfit that lobbies against environmental causes? Check out Better World Club-and in the process get a Car Talk booklet or CD for free! Better World is 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 -- it gives 1% of its revenue to environmental clean up and advocacy. *Your consumer interests -- it even offers 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 now, you'll get a free Car Talk CD, or a copy of our booklet, 10 Ways You May Be Ruining Your Car without Even Knowing It. Check out Better World Club 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
