 Comedy: March 21, 2012 Issue [#4940] |
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This week: Shopping for a New Car Edited by: SophyBells  
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Hi, I'm SophyBells ~ your editor for this edition of the Comedy Newsletter. This week we'll shop for a new car together, and try to find the humor in it!  |
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Shopping for a New Car
So as you read last month, you know that Mr. Sophy and I are in the market for a new travel trailers. We decided we were too old for our Coleman Pop-up trailer, which takes about an hour to set-up when it's all said and done - and have started shopping around for something better quicker to set up so we can get to drinking different to meet our camping needs. We would like a self-contained trailer that you can basically just back into the campsite, unhook from the truck, level it, plug in the electric and water, and enjoy a cocktail 15 minutes later, made with ice from in the ice-maker in the freezer in the trailer, while we catch the evening news on our flat-screen TV. YAY CAMPING! 
Now we don't have lots of money to spend, so we'll be shopping for a gently-used-previously-owned-trailer (translation: someone bought it and decided soon afterwards they needed something bigger) - but the first thing we realized is that any trailer that will minimally suit our needs (a queen bed, a fridge/freezer, stove, microwave, couch, table - Jacuzzi tub optional) will be heavier than our current trailer, which means we need to increase the OOOMPH! (aka "towing capacity") of our current vehicle, which is a V6 SUV. We need to bump up to a V8 SUV or truck. So before we continue with our trailer shopping, we wisely decided to start looking for a gently-used-previously-owned-SUV.
Minutes after that decision was made, gas in our Illinois town shot up 40 cents overnight (I kid you not) to $4.09 a gallon. Now my current SUV is already considered to be an evil gas-guzzler by all of my green, eco-friendly, Prius-driving, hippie friends. (I'm not thrilled with the gas mileage, or lack thereof, myself). So when we aren't camping we keep driving it to a minimum, and when possible use Mr. Sophy's slightly less gass-guzzling Honda. And when we drive my SUV on our camping trips I cringe at the horrible gas mileage it gets while towing, but since I'm on vacation when that happens I try to ignore it and just enjoy the ride, and imagine myself hundreds of miles (and dollars later) sipping that cocktail on the beach. But now the thought of a V8 SUV makes me weak in the knees, and not in a good way!
I have had V8 "experts" tell me that I won't notice a big difference in my gas mileage when I upgrade from a V6 to a V8 engine, and that in fact while towing I'll probably get similar or even better mileage with the more powerful engine. Evidently newer engines do better than they used to, which is good news if its true. However, I am already shamed by and embarrassed around my green, eco-friendly, Prius-driving, hippie friends in my current SUV, which they fondly refer to as "The Earth-Killer," so how am I going to sneak a new SUV into the picture without them noticing?
Well as luck would have it, I found the perfect solution! I drive a 2003 Toyota 4Runner with a V6 engine. And bless Toyota for thinking ahead to this very predicament of mine, they also made a 4Runner with a V8 engine. So now all I have to do is find a used one of those, in the same color as my current 4Runner, and my guess is my green, eco-friendly, Prius-driving, hippie friends will be none the wiser! That is, until they check out the new 30 foot trailer we're hauling behind it.
Whaddaya think - will it work?
That's all for this month, thanks for reading! ~ Sophy The Earth Killer |
Below you'll find some comedy offerings from other WDC members about cars, buying cars, gas prices, and other automobile themed items - some are newer, some are older classics. Either way, don't forget to leave a review and rating if you read the item.
This one cracks me up because the opening line says: "Note: This story was written before gas went up to $2.50 a gallon."
Ah, the good ole days of $2.50/gallon gas! 
Here are some other oldies but goodies:
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And a couple of other recent comedy reads to tickle your funny bones:
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Now for a few comments about my last newsletter "Comedy Newsletter (February 22, 2012)" about getting to old to camp in a pop-up trailer:
From An apple a day.... 
Hi Sophie, I enjoyed your camping story and envy your position by the waves  . I'll bet you've racked up a lot of memories and fun over the years. Your old driving jokes made me laugh for the most part. One or two made that little nerve inside tingle, even funnier. Thanks for the smiles this morning.
You are most welcome, so glad you enjoyed it! And yes, we've got lots of great memories (and photos) of our lovely campsite by the sea.
     
From billwilcox
My last fishing trip with my brothers was painful. Instead of renting a nice cabin, my little bro decided we would ruff-it and sleep on the ground. Lemme tell ya, after fishing all day in a wobbly boat, sleeping on the ground becomes sheer torture. I didn't want to complain; my brother has a good heart, so I got a 5th of the best and got so snockered I could've slept in a tree. One night I think I did. 
Oh dear, hahahaha! My idea of camping these days does not include sleeping on the ground, OR in a tree!
From LJPC - the tortoise
Sophie - The list at the beginning was a riot! I notice that when I sit for too long, all my muscles hurt when I get up as if I've spent the day before exercising (and believe me, I haven't!). I get up to do something, but when I get there, I can't remember what it was I wanted.
Good luck on the new-trailer hunt! Thanks for the laughs!
~ Laura
I do that all the time too (get up to go into another room to get "something" and have no clue what it was. I hate that!
That's all for this month -- see you next time! And on behalf of the other regular Comedy Newsletter Editors, the King and Queen of Comedy - Waltz Invictus  and Ẃeβ࿚ẂỉԎḈĥmas  - remember to WRITE AND LAUGH ON! SophyBells |
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