# Fill in the Blank: My Other Car Is...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 4, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399 "2011-01-04T18:34:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/1 "2011-01-04T18:34:26Z")

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My mother.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/2 "2011-01-04T18:35:24Z")

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a city bus.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/3 "2011-01-04T18:37:09Z")

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non-existent.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/4 "2011-01-04T18:37:57Z")

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A Rockhopper.

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**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/5 "2011-01-04T18:38:22Z")

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My other car is your mother, too.

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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/6 "2011-01-04T18:40:16Z")

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Flying. Apparently in a future that will never come.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/7 "2011-01-04T18:42:29Z")

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… my wife’s.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/8 "2011-01-04T18:45:00Z")

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… a Mac. 🙂

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/9 "2011-01-04T18:52:51Z")

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The Oscar Meyer Weeniemobile.

I wish!

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**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/10 "2011-01-04T19:06:49Z")

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a figment of my imagination. ☹

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/11 "2011-01-04T20:41:24Z")

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…on fire.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/12 "2011-01-04T20:42:05Z")

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a transporter. (I wish. )

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**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/13 "2011-01-04T20:53:26Z")

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> [@Freudian\_Slit](#):
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> My mother.

You know what a Freudian Slip is? It’s when you say one thing and mean your mother.  
… upside down and smoking gently.

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**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/14 "2011-01-04T20:54:45Z")

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…a 2001 Honda minivan that’s had its engine replaced (2003) its entire back end replaced (2006ish) and everything but the engine and tranny replaced last summer when we hit a deer.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/15 "2011-01-04T21:01:04Z")

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…Voltron.

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/16 "2011-01-04T21:03:33Z")

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my wife’s, and needs a new driver’s side front door handle.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/17 "2011-01-04T21:17:15Z")

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> [@E-Sabbath](#):
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> You know what a Freudian Slip is? It’s when you say one thing and mean your mother.

I hadn’t even thought of that connection. I was just thinking of that sitcom My Mother the Car and the whole Freud/mother thing never even occurred to me. Now I feel good. One of those nice username connection things.

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> … upside down and smoking gently.

For a few mins, I kept reading this as being connected to the Freudian Slip/mother comment and I was wondering just what kind of wacky scenario you had in mind! 😃

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/18 "2011-01-04T21:24:00Z")

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> [@Freudian\_Slit](#):
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> For a few mins, I kept reading this as being connected to the Freudian Slip/mother comment and I was wondering just what kind of wacky scenario you had in mind! 😃

Good, I’m not the only one.

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/19 "2011-01-04T21:43:07Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> Good, I’m not the only one.

Me either!

To answer the OP, “a train.”

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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-my-other-car-is/566399/20 "2011-01-04T21:49:53Z")

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Sold.

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