# Monster Garage Is Dead To Me **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 17, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-garage-is-dead-to-me/182483 "2003-06-17T15:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-garage-is-dead-to-me/182483/21 "2003-06-18T04:18:00Z")
I saw the show, and I get the impression the producers _wanted_ the ladies to look like idiots. The glass-breaking orgy, the lost diamond, the gas tank thing, having to cut the shit off the front of the car, etc. I have seen most of the other all guy shows, and while they get in shit too, the focus didn’t seem to be so much on them fucking up. Not to mention the minutes spent on Jesse and that one gal sniping at each other. (Never seen that kind of one on one with Jesse and a dude on the show) At least a two or three of the women had good experience wrenching and fabricating. I can’t see them saying “Duh, let’s just beat the fucking glass out, and BTW, let’s remove a full tank.” I think they were encouraged to act stupid, and regretted it. You may have noticed when they received the tools at the end, they didn’t act real triumphant, like they had second thoughts about how they acted (or were coached to act) I believe it was pure bullshit solely for the segment of viewers who say “Well, let’s see how bad these stupid chicks fuck up.” Which irritated the hell out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-garage-is-dead-to-me/182483/22 "2003-06-18T04:24:15Z")
I should have said some of the other shows had at least one female member, but that doesn’t detract from the tone of my post. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-garage-is-dead-to-me/182483/23 "2003-06-18T12:53:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The\_Raven \* > **3. The first day, they smashed out all the glass, which was hysterical, seeing as how it took these women four whacks with a sledge just to break each window. At the end of the day, one of the women is all bummed out because the diamond fell out of her ring. Seeing as she’s surrounded by little shiny things, I’d say leaving the ring on was a Bad Idea.** I’ve never known a female mechanic to leave jewelry on for work. This caused some serious “conflict” for one woman I worked with, whose dumb ox of a husband said “if you take that ring off, bitch, it’s OVER”. So she would lock it in her kit ever day. I’ve only had to break all the window glass in a car once. I’m not especially weak, even with my small size, but it can be pretty hard. However, when one is surrounded by tools, a woman can easily use machines to substitute for many shortcomings (in the same way that the shortcomings of men can be substituted for with machines… 😛 ). I got tired of whanging away at the first side window after the _first_ swing, so I picked up an air chisel. BRRRRAP! Window gone. Repeat as needed. Una ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-garage-is-dead-to-me/182483/24 "2003-06-18T15:16:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by black455 \* > **, despite the fact that he had a wife and kid and no money to pay the bills.** He was making 100 grand bikes for the likes of Shaquille Oneill (sp). > [@](#): > > \*\* > He reminds me of a tatoo-shop owner that I know; married with kid, absolutely broke, cars repossessed, but still trades work for Xboxes and PS2s or\*\* blows a couple of grand going to conventions with his buddies every other weekend.\*\* So. If the tat shop owner is so broke, how is it that he’s spending a coupla grand every other weekend? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-garage-is-dead-to-me/182483/25 "2003-06-18T21:09:06Z")
I’ve got to agree with pretty much everything said. They have had great women on the show – remember the welder? But lately it seems they’re running out of ideas and Jesse is running out of enthusiasm. And does it seem like the last few episodes they’ve “arranged” things so the team “wins”? I think the guys who did the “losing” snowmobile got robbed, considering some of the teams that have “won”. Although I think the hearse guys were pretty lame by anyone’s standards … Just my two cents – excuse me – my two fucking cents worth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-garage-is-dead-to-me/182483.md?page=1)