# I saw this van at Wal-Mart on Thursday night **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730 "2011-11-12T21:46:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/21 "2011-11-14T07:57:58Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > ETA: Actually, it looks like the van people and the web design people might be one and the same. [The van woman’s resume](http://www.hosanna1.com/myresume.html) talks about her “web & graphics design” and links to AAAWWW. I don’t want to, but I totally believe that this the actual resume she sends out to prospective employers, complete with multiple angry smoking screeds included. I noticed her last job was in 1988. What a winner. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/22 "2011-11-14T13:22:10Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > should have asked her why- if she’s such a “great american”- is she driving a Korean minivan. Somewhat related anecdote: There was a fellow around town who would drive from his apartment to the nearby tobacco shop on his little motorized scooter. It was decorated with multiple bumper stickers bearing anti-Japanese sentiment - “Hungry? Eat your rice burner.”; a Japanese flag with a slash through it; that sort of thing. The scooter was a Kawasaki. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/23 "2011-11-14T13:29:09Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > :eek: Good God, I didn’t know there was anybody out there who actually had their website designed by [AAAWWW](http://www.hosanna1.com/AAAWWW/) That can’t be real, can it? I mean, I know this is the Internet and all, but that site just seems like the Landover Baptist of web design. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/24 "2011-11-14T15:19:43Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > Kia Sedona, if anyone’s wanting to know. Hmmm. When did they come out with that new uni-sticker frame design? Does it help them hold together better? …and coming in the 2013 model year by popular demand: Duct Tape…! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/25 "2011-11-14T16:33:56Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I don’t want to, but I totally believe that this the actual resume she sends out to prospective employers, complete with multiple angry smoking screeds included. Personally, I like this bit: “Also breeders of quality Afghan Hound”. Note the singular. Guess they only bred the one quality hound. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/26 "2011-11-14T16:56:21Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Personally, I like this bit: > > “Also breeders of quality Afghan Hound”. Note the singular. Guess they only bred the one quality hound. 😉 He was the Kwisatz Hounderach. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/27 "2011-11-14T17:26:39Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > He was the Kwisatz Hounderach. if we could in-line images on this board, you would see the gif of Orson Welles slow-clapping in this space. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/28 "2011-11-14T22:55:53Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > He was the Kwisatz Hounderach. I rarely laugh out loud, but that was one. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/29 "2011-11-14T23:43:51Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > He was the Kwisatz Hounderach. So, so wrong. But I guess that makes her the Bene Ciggeret. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/30 "2011-11-14T23:55:37Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > So, so wrong. But I guess that makes her the Bene Ciggeret. this one gets the Welles .gif, except this time it’s the one with Gary Busey’s face 'shopped in. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/31 "2011-11-15T01:13:08Z")
They don’t BELEIVE the liberal media. I wonder if the conservative media has their own spell check? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/32 "2011-11-15T18:41:35Z")
I think it’s terrific. I mean, how many lunatics are out there, and you have to actually spend TIME with them before you figure it out. She’s nice enough to let everyone know right up front. I wish more people were that honest ;). Reminds me of the “World Ending” van around here, it’s been mentioned here before but the people live in a house off of North King’s Highway in Alexandria VA. Interestingly, I don’t think they’ve had it repainted yet. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/33 "2011-12-08T16:56:20Z")
Followup: Inspired by the van sighting, I have made a good-sized donation to the charity **Americans For Nonsmokers’ Rights**. I’m quite tempted to email her with this good news, but I really don’t want the inevitable nasty response. Is there a way to inform her of my donation without blocking her email? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/34 "2011-12-08T23:14:07Z")
Get a throwaway email account and use it to email her. I have one regular account and one that I use exclusively for when I order stuff. I only check on the second account when I’ve actually ordered something. It’s amazing how many companies ignore it when I tell them that no, I don’t want to be on their email list. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730/35 "2011-12-08T23:28:13Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > So, so wrong. But I guess that makes her the Bene Ciggeret. Wow, I was already snickering from the other one, giggling like a girl, then I got to Bene Ciggeret and I lost it. Pure comedy gold. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-van-at-wal-mart-on-thursday-night/602730.md?page=1)