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2010-07-29 -Lurid Crime Tales-

If You Don't Want Your Car Stolen, Make It Pink

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Posted by Fred 2010-07-29 09:50|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 My solution is just to drive a piece of $hit.

Posted by gorb 2010-07-29 10:42|| 2010-07-29 10:42|| Front Page Top

#2 ..or something reliable but so common that speaks mediocrity that no self respecting person even drunk would think its worth the effort.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-07-29 11:31|| 2010-07-29 11:31|| Front Page Top

#3 An acquaintance and her husband took a sabbatical to bicycle round the world. They had their really expensive tri-athlete bikes repainted baby pink, exactly to prevent them from being stolen. It worked, although two years into it they ran out of money and had to resume the corporate grind.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-29 11:45|| 2010-07-29 11:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Slap a black auto-bra on it and you can look like you're driving a flamingo.

Posted by Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2010-07-29 12:21|| 2010-07-29 12:21|| Front Page Top

#5 I believe it. Never had any of my pink scuba gear stolen, although I did have to put up with the occasional Barbie joke.

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2010-07-29 12:24|| 2010-07-29 12:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Swamp Barbie? :-)

Posted by gorb 2010-07-29 15:28|| 2010-07-29 15:28|| Front Page Top

#7 ...but if we all did it, we'd be living in a pink car nation.

Posted by Mike 2010-07-29 16:33|| 2010-07-29 16:33|| Front Page Top

#8 I knew a guy whose car was theft proof in his bad neighborhood, because he had decorated it inside and out with "bad juju", voodoo variety.

All the doors had small voodoo symbols painted on with Testor's paint, and there were several fetishes displayed inside, featuring a particularly nasty Loa.

There were several times when obviously someone had entered his vehicle, then departed without taking anything.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-07-29 17:08|| 2010-07-29 17:08|| Front Page Top

#9 One word...Bondo!

Posted by tu3031 2010-07-29 17:12|| 2010-07-29 17:12|| Front Page Top

#10 pink car nation

Oh brother.

Pappy!

Posted by gorb 2010-07-29 21:24|| 2010-07-29 21:24|| Front Page Top

#11 Go to your room!

Posted by Pappy 2010-07-29 22:54|| 2010-07-29 22:54|| Front Page Top

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