Officially Emasculated

Naw, skip the Prius idea.

With the kids now off to dreamland, sneak into the garage.

Check the oil, air up the tires, toss a favorite CD or two onto the passenger seat.

As soon as the garage door opens with the return of the wifey unit, you wave nicely, blow her a kiss, and head out for some testosterone-building time.

You've earned it.

Larry

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Originally posted by #5754:
I guess it's time to sell the Pantera and buy a Prius or a Smart car.

...or a minivan (like I did).

Michael

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Originally posted by Cyboman:
...or a minivan (like I did).
Michael

This reminds me that the ONLY thing that Chrysler produced in the 80's & 90's that I really liked was a TV ad for their minivans.

The video panned across a bunch of hot sports cars with their owners standing proudly alone beside their beasts until the last vehicle which was a guy, his wife and four kids beside their minivan. The slogan was something like "The ultimate symbol of your male virility".

But Russ, if your wife was off at Hooters, we have to ask... was she working there (management, of course...) or out with her friends getting back at you for something? Maybe this was in response to one of your "outings" with your car?

Either way, I really like Larry's suggestion.

Mark

Those pictures are so true, Mark, so true!

Michael

The funny thing is that those are photos Russ posted while back! I guess his wife DOES surf the web.

Mark

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we have to ask... was she working there (management, of course...) or out with her friends

Out with friends - she does a LOT of volunteer work, and a group from one of the organizations she helps with got together to do some planning ... the guys were all distracted by the ball game among other things, so the women folk were able to plan things the way they wanted and accepted grunts and nods from the guys as concurrence.

As for me, I'm slowly recovering from the whole situation, I threw on some Satriani, Vai & Petrucci, while doing the laundry. Tonight I may have to look for a Clint Eastwood flick to watch while I iron and fold.

Tomorrow it's anyone's guess - I'm thinking I might have to bury my wife's Abba and BeeGees cds so that I'm not tempted to start singing along to Dancing Queen or Stayin' Alive.

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Originally posted by #5754:
... so that I'm not tempted to start singing along to Dancing Queen or Stayin' Alive.

I feel there may be a need for an intervention...

Things just went from bad to worse

I went to a British car show today (Pantera stayed at home, I traveled with a buddy in his DeLorean ... FYI, nothing happened when we hit 88mph - as an aside, I'm not sure how a Lambo got in there, I overheard him calling out to one of the marshals that he was a 'lotus for the day' ... it was like Sophia Lauren crashing a Mr. Bean convention - interestingly, he wasn't parked too far from a Marcos Mantis - if you search on that plus 'ugliest car in the world', you get 44,000 hits - please don't click on the Mantis link after a large meal)

I digress ... so I go to the car show, enjoy seeing some rare vehicles (an Aston Martin Lagonda actually showed up under power!) and lots of not-so-rare minis, Jags, Triumphs and Lotuses (or is it Loti) almost 1,000 cars were there in 50+ categories ... but when I get home, I discover my wife has gone to Canadian Tire and she liked it, she bought 6 litres of fuel stabilizer a new ceiling fan for me to install and a few other odds and sods.

Is nothing sacred!?!? What's next, will she start going to Princess Auto (kind of a Harbour Freight Tools for Canadians), or Napa/Karbelt/PartSource... Can I expect to come home one day and find she's changed the belts and plugs on the Pantera? Do I need to keep my tools locked away at night?

Russ, Heck I think something did happen when you hit 88 mph, you slid to a parallel universe or the twilight zone. next you're going to tell us you modified the minivan and added cup holders, dropped the suspension, instaled wider tires and a blower or something

Denis

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next you're going to tell us you modified the minivan and added cup holders, dropped the suspension, instaled wider tires and a blower or something

Close ... the Pantera has me in a 2-seater frame of mind, so I was thinking I should go for something along those lines ... this one from e-bay has already been 'hot-rodded' ...
'Upgraded' Comuta-car ... it even has leather seats, and from the looks of it, the passenger side is heated!

No kidding about seat warmers! And as far as forced emasculation, just sit on top of a two-stroke motor as it leans out or runs low on oil and you won't have to worry about going to Hooters anymore.

Russ,

My first question when I read your post was "how many cars does this guy have???" SIX LITRES of Stabil????

Geez, I don't even use that stuff (too girlie for me...) but even so six litres would last me 20, maybe 30 YEARS!!! Now I'm thinking that all those cars you mentioned are actually YOURS, and you had your orange-pantied harem drive them there for you.

Dude, I am in awe of you.

Mark

[QUOTE]Originally posted by #5754:
parked too far from a Marcos Mantis - Your right. I just puked my Canadian bacon and eggs. I'm just glad somebody is hanging out in the pub. What were they thinking?

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SIX LITRES of Stabil????

Again, I fault the British car show for that ... I'd been camping with the family and got home late on Saturday to an urgent message from my father-in-law, apparently there were a few things he needed from C.T. that were just available for the weekend, I called early Sunday for the list and my wife went out to pick them up assuming I wouldn't be home from the car show in time.

He'd wanted 4 liters of the stuff to stabilize all the fuel in his shed (if the thing ever caught fire, it would leave a pretty big crater!) - he's one of those guys that if they made a gas-powered hand drill, he'd have at least 4.

and she picked up 2 liters for me

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too girlie for me...

... well, isn't that the whole point of this thread???

P.S. sorry about the bacon and eggs, but I did warn you!

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Originally posted by #5754:
Close ... the Pantera has me in a 2-seater frame of mind, so I was thinking I should go for something along those lines ... this one from e-bay has already been 'hot-rodded' ...
'Upgraded' Comuta-car ... it even has leather seats, and from the looks of it, the passenger side is heated!

I especially like the teeth in the grill!

Michael

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2tt1cg1h_I