So I tune the TV to TVLand, and I hear the following conversation:
Beaver: Hey Wally, what kinda car was that? It makes so much noise and goes so fast, too.
Wally: Gosh Beav, don't you know anything? That was the new 1958 Corvette. You know, the one with all the extra chrome spears, hood louvers and a lotta other neat junk all over the body.
Beaver: Gee! I can't wait until I can get one of them. Wally, it's really neat being a grownup', 'cause you get to drive around in cars like that. You don't even have to wash, or anything.
Wally: Yeah. Grownups really like to wash. Golly Beav, for a little guy, I guess you've got pretty good taste. I just don't understand why dad drives around in that ugly 1957 Ford sedan. He should have at least gotten the hardtop.
Beaver: Yeah, it is kinda' creepy. Wally, do they make 1958 Corvettes with four seats so us kids and mom and dad can all sit in the car at the same time?
June (from downstairs): Boys, wash up, it's time for dinner! Your dad has a surprise for you. The show has changed sponsors, and the ugly 1957 Ford is history. We are now sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, and in the future we will be driving an absolutely horrendously ugly 1962 Plymouth Belvedere.
That led me to the question posed in the title. You must forgive me. I have just returned home from a Corvette show in Manahawkin, NJ, where the heat index has been over 105 degrees since 1:00 PM EDT. My brain is a little bit cooked.
Joe
Beaver: Hey Wally, what kinda car was that? It makes so much noise and goes so fast, too.
Wally: Gosh Beav, don't you know anything? That was the new 1958 Corvette. You know, the one with all the extra chrome spears, hood louvers and a lotta other neat junk all over the body.
Beaver: Gee! I can't wait until I can get one of them. Wally, it's really neat being a grownup', 'cause you get to drive around in cars like that. You don't even have to wash, or anything.
Wally: Yeah. Grownups really like to wash. Golly Beav, for a little guy, I guess you've got pretty good taste. I just don't understand why dad drives around in that ugly 1957 Ford sedan. He should have at least gotten the hardtop.
Beaver: Yeah, it is kinda' creepy. Wally, do they make 1958 Corvettes with four seats so us kids and mom and dad can all sit in the car at the same time?
June (from downstairs): Boys, wash up, it's time for dinner! Your dad has a surprise for you. The show has changed sponsors, and the ugly 1957 Ford is history. We are now sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, and in the future we will be driving an absolutely horrendously ugly 1962 Plymouth Belvedere.
That led me to the question posed in the title. You must forgive me. I have just returned home from a Corvette show in Manahawkin, NJ, where the heat index has been over 105 degrees since 1:00 PM EDT. My brain is a little bit cooked.
Joe
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