# I don't give a FUCK if your car is "For Sale" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 6, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592 "2006-08-06T19:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/41 "2006-08-07T12:02:38Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Yeah? Well I’ll loan it to him. But just for the parade. Cool. I’ll have the wino down the block hand-letter a sign for it. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/42 "2006-08-07T12:06:29Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > (EQUALS = WHORES) It’s no wonder I found algebra so damn boring when I was a kid. We only had equations where\* a = b \*or _2x = (17y-8)_ and so on. Whores would have held my attention a lot longer, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/43 "2006-08-07T12:08:20Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > It’s no wonder I found algebra so damn boring when I was a kid. We only had equations where\* a = b \*or _2x = (17y-8)_ and so on. Whores would have held my attention a lot longer, I think. Piffle. You were a kid. I’m guessing 2-3 minutes, tops. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/44 "2006-08-07T12:10:21Z")
It just occured to me that by “beaters,” maybe Aeschines meant egg beaters. Like these people are so rich, they can afford to turbo charge their egg beaters and ride them around town. That’d be so cool, except they’d probably chew up the pavement something fierce. That’d would contribute to the Dodge City-fication of his fine city. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/45 "2006-08-07T12:20:04Z")
“He’s an eggbeater. That makes him dangerous.” (obscure pop-culture reference quiz) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/46 "2006-08-07T12:35:08Z")
**Aeschines** is so gonna regret this when he sobers up. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/47 "2006-08-07T12:35:58Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > **Aeschines** is so gonna regret this when he sobers up. I dont think he was drunk when he wrote it - he’s _always_ an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/48 "2006-08-07T13:05:20Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > Cool. I’ll have the wino down the block hand-letter a sign for it. Be sure to use white shoe polish. Nothin’ says “poverty” like a partially used, uncapped applicator laying on the side of the road. ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/49 "2006-08-07T13:08:22Z")
Any time there is something for sale on a suburban lawn, that is something to get annoyed at. When it is a car on a lawn, it is something that should be pitted and fought. These beasts bring down property values of everyone in a one mile radius. I’ve fought this battle before, successfully. Sounds like Indy needs to step up and get tese animals out. ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/50 "2006-08-07T13:22:00Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > I guess I’m not communicating effectively. I guess you guys are so used to grime and shit hanging down everywhere, smoke in your face and well drinks down your throat (FUCKIN’ DRUNK DRIVERS ran over an AN ANT, well who gives a FUCK?), that you don’t see how this city is being FUCKIN’ TRASHED?! Meridian Street used to be the pride of the whole goddamn city, but now there are beaters everywhere (subject of the OP, DUH!), crumbling old mansions with old ladies staring out the windows with nothing in their eye sockets, goddamn “gentlemen’s clubs” in the 2500 block (EQUALS = WHORES), and do you know how many people were shot here over the weekend? Like 6, mutherfuckers! Is this fuckin’ DODGE CITY, with all the lawlessness of that city? Will Monument Circle be the OK Corrall? > > The falcons may pick a worm, but it is all your fault if this city falls down like Babel. Speaking as a drunken blind whore with a gun, we don’t want your kind round here. You’re dragging the place down. Why don’t you just move? ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/51 "2006-08-07T13:33:13Z")
In many communities, the suburbs have streets named the same as those in the larger city but disconnected from those city streets. If you live on a Washington Street in Bellevue and are trying to explain to an Omahan, perhaps to a packinghouse worker with limited English skills, how to find YOUR Washington Street from THEIR Washington Street, it’s easier just to tell the caller that the car in the paper is at,say, the old Gordman’s Store parking lot out on the highway and you’ll meet 'em there in 10 minutes. This is a major reason that people sell their cars away from their homes. Another advantage to selling a car from a public place is that potential burglars don’t see your house, belongings, or your security system or lack thereof. All they see is a car in a public place on a busy street/highway. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/52 "2006-08-07T13:58:03Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > I guess I’m not communicating effectively. No, I think we both agree. The goddamnmotherfuckingidiots should never sell their cars. I just think that they should drop them off in your front yard, and you want to clutter up my newpaper. Communist. > [@](#): > > The falcons may pick a worm, but it is all your fault if this city falls down like Babel. You win. I’ve lived in Japan for too many years but I still don’t understand zen like you. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/53 "2006-08-07T14:03:38Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > The falcons may pick a worm, but it is all your fault if this city falls down like Babel. I accept full responsibility. Send me the bill. > [@Linty Fresh](#): > > Wow . . . Just wow! It’s like Fred Phelps decided to start picking on car owners instead of homosexuals. No more calls please. We have a winner. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/54 "2006-08-07T14:16:57Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > I dont think he was drunk when he wrote it - he’s _always_ an asshole. Maybe he’s just trying to get a rise. A little attention-equalling. ---
**Author:** ![Heckxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f1d935/32.png) [@Heckxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heckxx)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/55 "2006-08-07T14:26:59Z")
What I sometimes find annoying is when I’m driving and i see this car off to the side, expecting it to suddenly dart across in front of me, so I slow down…and realize that its just for sale. You know those grass triangles that they have on the sides of streets, when you get in/get out of the parking lot? I think I saw a car parked on one of those. That gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/56 "2006-08-07T14:59:08Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > snip… > crumbling old mansions with old ladies staring out the windows with nothing in their eye sockets > snip… What I want to know is where all the eyeballs of these old ladies are going? Is it a virus? Birdflu? Mad Cow? SARS? Terrorists? ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/57 "2006-08-07T15:19:41Z")
> [@Seven](#): > > What I want to know is where all the eyeballs of these old ladies are going? Is it a virus? Birdflu? Mad Cow? SARS? Terrorists? They’ve been dead for years, but their spirits will never rest until they sell that goddamn Rambler. Or is it a Falcon? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/58 "2006-08-07T15:28:41Z")
> [@TokyoPlayer](#): > > You win. I’ve lived in Japan for too many years but I still don’t understand zen like you. Haven’t you heard? The Buddhists here are all frauds. [You’d never guess the trainwreck from the thread title.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=378300) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/59 "2006-08-07T15:30:31Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > They’ve been dead for years, but their spirits will never rest until they sell that goddamn Rambler. Or is it a Falcon? You’ve got it all wrong. The falcons plucked their eyeballs out. “Do you see any beaters now? Quoth the falcon…_nevermore_.” ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592/60 "2006-08-07T16:04:58Z")
On the plus side, I heard that the city council of Gary, Indiana is considering passing a bill to send the bulk of its funds for urban renewal down to Indianapolis. “They need it way more than we do,” one of the members was quoted as saying. “Have you seen that place? Man, what a shithole.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-give-a-fuck-if-your-car-is-for-sale/367592.md?page=4)