Got Rig Envy? Try Viagra - Dave Barry

Miami Herald ^ | 12-21-03 | Dave Barry

[nuconvert]

LOL !!!!!

[isthisnickcool]

Gads this guy is funny.

[Maria S]

I heard The Big Guy hee-hawing this morning and asked him what was so funny...he said, "Just read Dave Barry when you get a chance."

So THAT'S what those tougher-than-nails commercials about trucks are about!!!

[DugwayDuke]

"a man who has a rabid shrew in his undershorts."

Those guys with the "big rigs", never wear undershorts.

"But your wife would never see the need for a truck. Your wife is -- face it -- a woman."

My "woman" drives an F-150 and dreams of an F-250, Super Duty, 4-WHD, off-road.

[nuconvert]

"He can (winkwink) throw a football through a tire!"

LOL!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

So what size container does she get for the chinese take home?<{>lol!!!

[Unmarked Package]

Gosh, I'm so depressed now. My car aspires to be a Toyota Camry when it grows up. I feel like a total wuss-boy.

This work by Dave Barry is absolutely hilarious. Thanks for posting it.

[Prodigal Son]

and it always requires the truck-drivin' man to save the day by hitchin' his truck, with a heavy chain, to some massive object -- a tree, a building, a tectonic plate, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy

LOL!

[tubebender]

Come on...he drives a Datsun

[HairOfTheDog]

Ping

[Savage Beast]

"manly, bulging men, with manly, bulging vehicles; men who handle large tools and fine, high-tech instruments; men who do not mind getting sweaty and dirty"; who play music, write music, cook dinner, select the wine, and are equally at home in white tie, black tie, business suit, overalls, shorts, or no clothes at all...

Sounds like me.

[ElTianti]

Let's be honest. For 99% of the truck driving public, they are costumes. If you want to use a 6000lbs conveyance to transport yourself to your cubicle every morning, that's fine, just don't tell me you need one.

[nuconvert]

Oh, REALLY???

[Junior]

Unnecessary excerpting! Fifty-yard penalty.

[Maria S]

Gee whiz, you sure know how to rain on a parade!

[nuconvert]

Wasn't sure whether Barry was allowed to be posted in toto.

[HairOfTheDog]

But I do need one!

To pull this:

[Howie66]

Now here's a contradiction in terms....."Delicious" and "Chinese" and "Food".

Have you ever noticed that there are never any stray dogs or cats in the area of a Chinese restaurant?

[Buffalo Head]

"....just don't tell me you need one."

What does "need" have to do with it? In American, we have the freedom to do what we "want" to do, without asking for permission from oppressors worried about “need”.

[Unmarked Package]

Responding to El Tianti you wrote: Gee whiz, you sure know how to rain on a parade!

LOL, El Tianti definitely burst the bubble of this thread.

I responded to this article keeping in the light-hearted nature of Dave Barry's work, but El Tianti speaks the truth in my opinion. I went through a period of my life when I owned expensive German automobiles and a Corvette. However, looking back on that now, it's the main reason I refer to that time in my life as "the stupid years".