Irony is fun, ness pah?

[pseydtonne]

I was flopped on the couch watching the Los Angeles episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. Up came an ad for a car where everything's luxe and swingin'. Suddenly the driver's dashboard gets a string of red LEDs lighting up and blinking. Why? His front bumper is too close to another vehicle. Then they tell us this modern convenience is the feature of a Volvo S80.

Guess which vehicle model teeboned me yesterday?

P.S.: I love your show, Tony. However, Dorothy Parker did not say "there's no there there" and it had nothing to do with L.A. -- Gertrude Stein said it about Oakland.

Comments

[freshwater-pr0n.livejournal.com]

Volvo drivers don't need LEDs to tell us that we're about to hit another car. That's our default state.

Hope you're ok!!

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

Yes I am fine and uninjured. Thanks!

[marmota.livejournal.com]

For years I've had this idea for an automobile safety device. As currently envisioned it would only work best on males, but I'm sure the principle could be expanded; it involves some kind of large solenoid thumper in the drivers seat that administers a punch in the 'nads every time there is an overly sudden decrease or increase in acceleration, possibly followed by locking up the brakes and deploying the airbags... but really the first part is key.

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

No thanks! A punch in the gonads would be SOOOOOO detrimental to the concentration of the driver.