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Apr 28, 2025
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#2002
Saw this guy on the street carrying a big huge Spoon.
'why are you carrying that spoon?'
Reply: 'Going to see a movie. I hear its very Stirring'.'
Thought you were going to say its a Cereal.
Apr 29, 2025
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#2003
The Corvair baby nook made sense in the pre-baby seat, pre-seat belt world of 1960. Back then, the mother used to carry the baby in her arms while sitting in the front seat. You ever see the slo-mo films of crash test dummies from back then? The baby was like an air-bag (meat bag?) between mom and the dashboard, which would dash the baby to pieces.
Apr 30, 2025
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#2007
DrSpudnik wrote:
I thought the plural of dwarf was dwarfs?!
Maybe you can use either spelling.
Lets see - a quick 'dwarf' joke ... something 'dwarfed' by something else ...
there's something called a 'red dwarf' in astronomy ...
the sun will become a red dwarf and swallow the earth
before people stop eating at .... Arby's.
Yes it needs work.
Apr 30, 2025
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#2009
DrSpudnik wrote:
The Corvair baby nook made sense in the pre-baby seat, pre-seat belt world of 1960. Back then, the mother used to carry the baby in her arms while sitting in the front seat. You ever see the slo-mo films of crash test dummies from back then? The baby was like an air-bag (meat bag?) between mom and the dashboard, which would dash the baby to pieces.
Wasn't it Nader who exposed Corvair cars?
I wonder if he's still alive.
Yes! He must be over 90 years old!
Apr 30, 2025
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#2010
Kind of close, though it violates the 5-7-5 syllable structure of the haiku.
Oh, and he's 91
Yes, it was....Ralph Nader. He went after some other companies to.
Apr 30, 2025
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#2012
RonaldJosephCote wrote:
Yes, it was....Ralph Nader. He went after some other companies to.
I remember my dad complaining about having to have seat belts in new cars. It would make them more expensive.
See my comment above for what to expect with a baby in a non seat belt equipped car.
My dad was the same way because their generation never had seat belts. I think Nader's big case was with the "Pinto".....if memory serves me.
Apr 30, 2025
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#2014
It was the Corvair: Unsafe at any Speed!
The Pinto was dangerous, though, with the danger of exploding gas tanks if rear ended. This mainly came out during the discovery phase of a number of lawsuits for deaths & disfigurement by fire, if I recall back to high school days. There was also a 60 Minutes episode on it, due to the trials. Ford did a cost/benefit study that showed that the cost of fixing it wasn't worth the anticipated losses from lawsuits.
Apr 30, 2025
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#2015
Yes. Nader exposed the Nadir of automobiles.
But other things about Nader? Not so good.
Can't talk about it here though.
DrSpudnik wrote:
Maybe a haiku?
Dwarfs, Dwarves? Both correct.
Traditional, Fictional.
Just go ask Tolkien.
RoosterWatkins wrote:
HELLO
Well, RoosterWatkins?
What do you have to offer?
I love fried chicken!
RonaldJosephCote wrote:
No soup for you!
