# (Presumably leftist) Woodchucks ate Paul Ryan's car! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 14, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904 "2018-07-14T17:03:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/1 "2018-07-14T17:03:42Z")
[In his own words](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wjk5d5/woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car-economic-club-dc-vgtrn): > [@Paul Ryan](#): > > [My car was eaten by animals. It’s just dead.](https://youtu.be/TaCB0EXLMMA?t=40m24s) Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! What other dastardly deeds will the Liberal Animal Kingdom pursue as part of their path to vengeance against the Right wing? 😛 ---
**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:** [July 14, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/2 "2018-07-14T17:10:16Z")
I gotta wear my readers more often. I read that as Paul Ryan’s _ear_. Which would feed a lot of woodchucks. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/3 "2018-07-14T17:25:06Z")
Let’s see… how can he blame this on Obama or Hillary… ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/4 "2018-07-14T17:33:37Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [In his own words](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wjk5d5/woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car-economic-club-dc-vgtrn): > > Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! > > What other dastardly deeds will the Liberal Animal Kingdom pursue as part of their path to **vengeance** against the Right wing? 😛 Furry vengeance at that. The animal kingdom is all part of the DEEP STATE. Better watch the plants too. They’re sneaky. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/5 "2018-07-14T17:36:07Z")
Huh, I wonder what Ayn Rand would have to say about that? Something about “personal responsibility”, but it’s just not coming to me. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/6 "2018-07-14T17:40:20Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Huh, I wonder what Ayn Rand would have to say about that? Something about “personal responsibility”, but it’s just not coming to me. She’d side with the woodchucks. They acted decisively, in their own interests. She liked that shit 😉 ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/7 "2018-07-14T17:58:17Z")
To his credit, Ryan laughed when the interviewer suggested he replace the car (a Suburban) with a motorcycle. “You could buy a Harley! Will you buy a Harley?” Ryan responded that those cost about $2,200 extra now… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/8 "2018-07-14T18:01:42Z")
You’re making that up, right? These days, ya gotta watch the subtle stuff, because its getting harder and harder to tell. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/9 "2018-07-14T18:02:45Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > Ryan responded that those cost about $2,200 extra now… But at an extra $1.50 a week, it will be payed off in no time. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/10 "2018-07-14T18:05:46Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > You’re making that up, right? These days, ya gotta watch the subtle stuff, because its getting harder and harder to tell. It’s in the video, I swear. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/11 "2018-07-14T18:08:12Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > But at an extra $1.50 a week, it will be payed off in no time. He can use the money from the giant tax reduction we all got 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/12 "2018-07-14T18:42:44Z")
[How much faux wood paneling could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck faux wood paneling?](http://www.woodpaneledstationwagon.com) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/13 "2018-07-15T00:08:29Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > To his credit, Ryan laughed when the interviewer suggested he replace the car (a Suburban) with a motorcycle. “You could buy a Harley! Will you buy a Harley?” > > Ryan responded that those cost about $2,200 extra now… Oh, Ryan told the story well and clearly thought it was just as absurdly hilarious as the rest of us; it’s the most _human_ I’ve ever seen him. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/14 "2018-07-15T00:13:55Z")
God works in mysterious ways. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/15 "2018-07-15T00:22:32Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [How much faux wood paneling could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck faux wood paneling?](http://www.woodpaneledstationwagon.com) This blog is like reading an early 21st century Erma Bombeck; thanks for the link! ---
**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:** [July 15, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/16 "2018-07-15T00:54:32Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Oh, Ryan told the story well and clearly thought it was just as absurdly hilarious as the rest of us; **it’s the most _human_ I’ve ever seen him.** Everyone makes mistakes now and then. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904/17 "2018-07-15T01:14:43Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Oh, Ryan told the story well and clearly thought it was just as absurdly hilarious as the rest of us; it’s the most _human_ I’ve ever seen him. Clearly the Turing Test has been passed, then.