YSaC, Vol. 1363: Tommy doesn’t know what day it is.

2012 October 17

Dodge avenger in good shape – $1000 (dodge avenger)


hi my name is tommy and im saling my bluish turquise dodge avenger for a awsome price. im saling it for 2,100. The 1996 dodge avenger was the best thing to ever happen to me its in the tip top shape…everything has been fixed and replaced on it even the tires are brand new. reliable car. willing to negotiate!! even though it is a good car im about to buy new car!! so i am just basically giving it away at this price. good deal

How you know you’ve failed at life: When the best thing that has ever happened to you was a 1996 Dodge Avenger.

Runner up criteria include – not being able to tell the difference between $2,100 and $1,000, and being unable to notice the absurdity of suggesting that literally everything on a car has been either fixed or replaced. Once the fuzzy dice go, everyone knows it’s time to just total the thing out.

Thanks, Kim!

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  1. 2012 October 17
    CapnMac permalink

    Says Tommy* is under sail for 2100, which suggests that the engine in this car might be unreliable, and that it’s filled with clowns.

    Or, perhaps the shades of clowns. Which would make it a haunted car (and by more than the now long-past memory of Tommy’s glory years back in 2009).

    So, being paid a grand to skip this rolling (presumably) art installation of the inhumanity of clowns upon man might be fair.

    __________________________
    *Clearly not Ray M’s brother and half of a long-running NPR radio show. That Tommy being a Dodge Dart fan.

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    • 2012 October 17

      It WAS full of clowns…

      …but the chupacabra ate them.

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      • 2012 October 17
        mud "static noise" slicker permalink

        That’s because clowns taste like chicken. Bacon chicken.

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        • 2012 October 17

          That last one I had must have gone bad, then. It tasted a little funny.

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        • 2012 October 17
          Brer Fox permalink

          Along with the cream
          I had clowns in my coffee,
          clowns in my coffee.

          And you are so sane
          You prob’bly think I just wrote
          a haiku. No way.

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      • 2012 October 17
        Irregular Fractal permalink

        Can’t sleep, undead half-devoured chupacabra clowns will eat me.

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    • 2012 October 17
      Irregular Fractal permalink

      Thanks, Cap’n. Now I had to go back and read Dan’s entire commentary in Ray’s voice. Had to use my judgment on where to place the guffaws and belly laughs.

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      • 2012 October 17
        CapnMac permalink

        My work, here, it is done <GRIN>

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        • 2012 October 17
          Irregular Fractal permalink

          And remembah, don’t snark like my brothah.

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    • 2012 October 17
      DigitalAxis permalink

      Maybe this is The Who’s Tommy.

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      • 2012 October 17
        Irregular Fractal permalink

        Sorry, I can’t hear you.

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      • 2012 October 17
        One Moving Violation permalink

        …sure plays a mean pinhead.

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      • 2012 October 17
        Dan permalink

        Did you check the title? 🙂

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        • 2012 October 17
          One Moving Violation permalink

          √ Tommy doesn’t know what day it is.

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        • 2012 October 17

          What are you guys? Abbott & Costello & a Marx?

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    • 2012 October 17
      CapnMac permalink

      Gack, that should read “Skip this rolling art installation spinning into the car crusher” with all the allusion and imagery of an Avenger spun, toy-like across a pond into the waiting jaws of the crusher with the shades and shees* of clowns centrifugally out of the doomed dodge.

      Curse you, slow-acting morning coffee. (We need that coffee teleporter.)

      _________________________________
      *Clowns, being typically mime or mute clearly cannot be banshees, and therefore must needs only devolve to shees. Och! Just had an idea for a Saturday-night SyFy extra super scary movie: Zombie Clown Haunting.

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      • 2012 October 17

        Zombies + clowns = ghostie hiding under bed.

        Good thing I’ve got tig here in the bawx to protect me.

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  2. 2012 October 17

    Will trade for a hovercraft full of eels.

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    • 2012 October 17
      DigitalAxis permalink

      I will not buy this record, it is scratched.

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      • 2012 October 17

        Estás usando este software de traducción de forma incorrecta. Por favor, consulta el manual.

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        • 2012 October 17
          Demon Duck of Doom permalink

          O consulta a Manuel. Ese tipo sabe mucho.

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      • 2012 October 17
        CapnMac permalink

        Nem fogok vásárolni ezt a rekordot, akkor karcos.
        A lila angolna igényel elemeket Sir William.

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        • 2012 October 17

          хвастун 🙂

          (Я надеюсь, что Google не дает мне ругательство.)

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  3. 2012 October 17
    wanda permalink

    Darn! I’ve always yearned for a reasonably priced purple hoopdie. My search continues.

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  4. 2012 October 17

    Buy my Avenger; my set price is a fail, and it’s about to set sail!
    I’m selling a car; it’s all fixed or replaced,
    And the rear-view is held on with library paste.

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    • 2012 October 17
      mud "static noise" slicker permalink

      Mmmmm. Library paste. Tastes delicious!

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    • 2012 October 17
      DigitalAxis permalink

      Feel the chassis shimmy!

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  5. 2012 October 17
    Ralph permalink

    “Are you bluish? You don’t look bluish.”

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    • 2012 October 17
      Irregular Fractal permalink

      She just didn’t have her headphones on.

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  6. 2012 October 17
    mud "static noise" slicker permalink

    [corey] This post is missing its tags. It doesn’t look good nekkid. [/corey]

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    • 2012 October 17
      Irregular Fractal permalink

      Fixed, with two classics and a hot new number that I can’t believe we haven’t used before.

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      • 2012 October 17
        mud "static noise" slicker permalink

        I just figured that new one would have been redundant and that’s why we avoided using it.

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      • 2012 October 17

        Whoa, good one! Hmm, should I call in sick so I can surf Craigslist and comment here all day, or go to work and be semi productive? I’ll get back to you.

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      • 2012 October 17
        Dan permalink

        Thanks, IF!

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  7. 2012 October 17

    ♪ Saling, saling, saling a Dodge Avenger… ♫

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  8. 2012 October 17

    I saw that movie! The Artful Dodger wanted to be one of the Avengers, but Nick Fury banished him to Antarctica. I think Iron Man should go rescue him.

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  9. 2012 October 17
    DigitalAxis permalink

    But if EVERY part has been replaced, is it the car Tommy bought? If every part was replaced, clearly the car Tommy bought was NOT reliable, and yet there it is. Is it reliable now? Is it even a 1996 Dodge Avenger? Tommy’s not even sure if it’s blue!

    Damn you, Tommy! Damn you and the Ship of Theseus you rode in on! I hate it when Sparkies bring up ontological dilemmas this early in the morning.

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    • 2012 October 17
      One Moving Violation permalink

      Digi, you’re in my head. How does it feel to be in a vast wasteland?

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      • 2012 October 17
        DigitalAxis permalink

        Look at the wasteland, then back at me. I’m on a horse.

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        • 2012 October 17
          One Moving Violation permalink

          A horse with a mane name?

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        • 2012 October 17
          CapnMac permalink

          But, but, all I see is a schooner . . . ?

          And, it’s on a Styx concert T
          But, that may just be a Grand Illusion
          Rather than a Magic Eye
          Since it seems to be the Sloop John B

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    • 2012 October 17
      One Moving Violation permalink

      The 1996 dodge avenger was the best thing to ever happen to me

      Not only that Digi, it’s not a car, it’s an event. It’s something that happens.

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      • 2012 October 17

        Tommy isn’t selling a car, he’s offering an opportunity to invest in a vehicular experience.

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  10. 2012 October 17
    One Moving Violation permalink

    everything has been fixed and replaced on it

    Me: Did you fix the steering wheel?
    Tommy: No, nothing was wrong with it.
    Me: So you replaced it?
    Tommy: No.
    Me: How about the dash? Did you fix or replace that?
    Tommy: No, there was nothing wrong with it.
    Me: And the passenger seat? How about that?
    Tommy: No.
    Me: The gear shift?
    Tommy: No.
    Me: The glove box? Antenna?
    Tommy: No.
    Me: Motor mounts? Lug nuts? Chassis? Floor mats?
    Tommy: No.
    Me: Paint? Grill? Trunk?
    Tommy: No.
    Me: Dipstick.
    Tommy: No.
    Me: That wasn’t a question.
    Tommy: Look, do you want to buy my car?
    Me: Can you tell me what you did fix or replace?
    Tommy: Tires. I put that in the ad.
    Me: Oil? Coolant? Air filter?
    Tommy: Huh?
    Me: The preventative maintenance items. Did you ever service the car?
    Tommy: Umm… Hey! It’s a great car, I can almost get it to start.
    Me: *walks away mumbling about Sparky probably never checked the blinker fluid either*

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    • 2012 October 17
      CapnMac permalink

      Hey, he meant to change the relative bearing grease . . .

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      • 2012 October 17
        CapnMac permalink

        Hey, wait, Tommo said “fixed & replaced”–mebbe that mean he neutered each part and put it back in place.
        Wonder if you spay or vasectomize a steering wheel?

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      • 2012 October 17
        Demon Duck of Doom permalink

        Beware of relatives bearing grease.

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    • 2012 October 17

      I bet he never rotated the muffler bearings, either.

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      • 2012 October 17
        Demon Duck of Doom permalink

        But he added more flies to the fly wheel.

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        • 2012 October 17
          One Moving Violation permalink

          Not to mention trimming the horn.

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  11. 2012 October 17
    Rebecca permalink

    Hi! How is everyone? My goodness, I’ve missed you all, so I decided to take a break and visit. I learned so much! Such as:

    Dodge avenger is an event
    1000=2100
    The clandestine clown wars continue
    Tires are everything when it comes to car regeneration
    Ain’t no snarkin’ like the YSaC snarkin’ ’cause the YSaC snarkin’ don’t stop. (Wot wot!)

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    • 2012 October 17
      Windrose permalink

      Hey, welcome back, Rebecca! We missed you too!

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    • 2012 October 17
      One Moving Violation permalink

      Rebecca, I gave you your first door today because as you know, if you leave an opening for a snarker, you will be snarked.

      The more you know.

      Welcome back.

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  12. 2012 October 17
    Not-a-[censored] Lion permalink

    “everything has been fixed and replaced on it”

    If it aint broke, I haven’t worked on it yet.

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  13. 2012 October 18

    ghostcat returned to the box to find
    tigprincess was pouring the milk
    they shared the toy mouse and balls of yarn
    and slept on the cushions of silk

    Punchity Punch Punch!

    Good Morning, Mr. Townshend!

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