# Last item in today's waves-on-shore column **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [March 31, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-item-in-todays-waves-on-shore-column/350710 "2006-03-31T15:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CJJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-item-in-todays-waves-on-shore-column/350710/1 "2006-03-31T15:51:56Z")
[Cecil’s Column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/060331.html), unfortunately, finishes with this stinker about the Italian who supposedly attempted to consume an automobile: > [@Cecil](#): > > according to my assistant Bibliophage, who impresses me more each day, he finished oily. You know, I used to be impressed by Bibliophage too, but this pun is viscerally painful. Besides, everyone knows that eating a car gives you gas:) Hmmm…maybe it’s trickier than I thought… ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-item-in-todays-waves-on-shore-column/350710/2 "2006-03-31T22:08:57Z")
Careful there, you could brake something ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-item-in-todays-waves-on-shore-column/350710/3 "2006-04-01T00:03:18Z")
Well, he was in Italy, so when he was finished was it a Fiat accompli? ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-item-in-todays-waves-on-shore-column/350710/4 "2006-04-01T00:50:24Z")
I heard he enjoyed the first car so much, he wanted to do it over Renaultver. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-item-in-todays-waves-on-shore-column/350710/5 "2006-04-01T01:35:56Z")
What will he do for an [Encore?](http://www.encorehonda.com/en/) ---
**Author:** ![CJJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-item-in-todays-waves-on-shore-column/350710/6 "2006-04-01T05:08:22Z")
Nothing; he’s likely too exhausted. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-item-in-todays-waves-on-shore-column/350710/7 "2006-04-01T06:38:27Z")
No, I think he’s reached his Climax. He’s prejudiced against trannys, and he’s getting shiftless in his dotage. He no longer has a taste for the Crossfire. You just have to trust to Phaeton such matters, and not get worked up into a Fury. You can go from Alfa to Omega, and not find any Citation for a reason to go on. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-item-in-todays-waves-on-shore-column/350710/8 "2006-04-01T07:53:45Z")
I thought he was dead, but it turns out he’s just pining for the Fords. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-item-in-todays-waves-on-shore-column/350710/9 "2006-04-01T17:06:36Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > No, I think he’s reached his Climax. He’s prejudiced against trannys, and he’s getting shiftless in his dotage. He no longer has a taste for the Crossfire. You just have to trust to Phaeton such matters, and not get worked up into a Fury. You can go from Alfa to Omega, and not find any Citation for a reason to go on. _- Golf clap -_ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-item-in-todays-waves-on-shore-column/350710/10 "2006-04-03T18:30:20Z")
Am I the only one who thinks that the guy in Slug’s illustration looks like an over-weight Hitler? or does he just have a super-Slug-sized nostil? ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-item-in-todays-waves-on-shore-column/350710/11 "2006-04-03T18:45:35Z")
I heard he started from the top, and by the time he got to the wheels he was rather tired. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-item-in-todays-waves-on-shore-column/350710/12 "2006-04-04T02:36:13Z")
He coulda had a V8!