On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:56:09 -0400, "Richard"
wrote:
>"nobody" wrote in message
>news:432CE5F9.E8A964BA@nobody.org...
>> Pooh Bear wrote:
>>> > Right here in the town of Niskayuna, NY. We have no sidewalks in 90% of
>>> > the town.
>>>
>>> Why is that ?
>>
>>
>> Because urban engineers no longer consider human activities, they only
>> cater to SUVs and Hummers. They've been told it is impossible for
>> humans to walk such distances are that they must absolutely drive their
>> air conditioned tanks. Won't be long before US cars don't even have
>> openable windows.
>>
>> If americans were willing to buy cars such as the SMART car
>> (http://www.thesmart.ca for instance), you could have sidewalks since
>> you won't need streets wide enough to handle multiple hummers.
>
>You obviously don't know Americans. No American would be caught dead in a
>smart car. Americans view their cars as extensions of their penises, I
>mean, of themselves. The bigger and bulkier the better.
>
>A while back 60 Minutes or one of those shows had the guy on that the big
>American automakers pay gazillions of dollars to to tell them what their
>customers want. The guy is a psychologist. They interviewed him in his
>mansion, which he bought with his paychecks from Chrysler, GM, and Ford. He
>said what he found out Americans want after interviewing them is huge,
>powerful, intimidating cars that scare other drivers off and beat them into
>a combination of awe, fear, respect, envy, jealousy, etc.
>
>That's why you see all the roads clogged with Navigators and Excursions and
>Suburbans and Hummers. Even renters who live in aparments who could be
>putting all that money they're throwing away on their tanks into a house and
>building equity for their future are sinking their entire paychecks into one
>of those landbarges to feel powerful and important on the road.
>
I drive my wife's penis !!!! |