# The Prius Camper? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073 "2012-01-19T22:30:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/1 "2012-01-19T22:30:52Z")
[Prius camper](http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs/autosblogpost-fe.aspx?post=8bc577a6-45a4-4642-bc0a-6d4bcf6b6c37?icid=autos_0199) Okay, was your first thought the same as mine? . . . . . . . . . . The Prius gets teabagged ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/2 "2012-01-19T22:39:26Z")
No. Dear Og, no. Must be because i’m not in the US, and my local politics is different. If you draw lines extending to the left, it looks like a white hand is gripping the Prius, and preparing to pull it back and release it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/3 "2012-01-19T22:40:31Z")
Fugly. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/4 "2012-01-19T22:43:42Z")
Yeah. I didn’t draw any connections like that when I saw the picture, though I did think it looked hideous. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/5 "2012-01-20T15:47:37Z")
I wish my thoughts had been anywhere near that clever, my brain went: “Dick! It’s a dick! That camper totally looks like a DICK!” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/6 "2012-01-20T15:53:57Z")
Yep. Pretty much my reaction. My dad had a Moss Para-Camper on his Toyota Hi-Lux. I wish they still made them. [Brochure with photos](http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p143/1966_MGB/wf7919a.jpg) [Brochure with illustrations](http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p143/1966_MGB/wf7919b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/7 "2012-01-20T15:57:38Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > No. Dear Og, no. Must be because i’m not in the US, and my local politics is different. **Hampshire** didn’t mean it in the political sense - although that’s what I thought, too, until I looked at the picture - but rather the [slang definition](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tea%20bagging). In other words… > [@Chopper9760](#): > > “Dick! It’s a dick! That camper totally looks like a DICK!” …complete with a dangling, tailgate-teabaggin’ ball sack. Indeed it does. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/8 "2012-01-20T16:03:14Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > **Hampshire** didn’t mean it in the political sense - although that’s what I thought, too, until I looked at the picture - but rather the [slang definition](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tea%20bagging). In other words… > > …complete with a dangling, tailgate-teabaggin’ ball sack. Indeed it does. Precisely. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/9 "2012-01-20T16:23:44Z")
Unfortunately, it looks a lot like it’s being overtaken by a tsunami. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/10 "2012-01-20T16:32:13Z")
Meh, let’s add weight, throw off the balance and make an already gutless car even slower! Then again I’m not exactly a fan of the soulless and gutless Prius anyway… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/11 "2012-01-20T19:01:28Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > **Hampshire** didn’t mean it in the political sense - although that’s what I thought, too, until I looked at the picture - but rather the [slang definition](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tea%20bagging). In other words… > > …complete with a dangling, tailgate-teabaggin’ ball sack. Indeed it does. Well, yeah, but I never would have heard of teabaggin’ if it weren’t for the Tea Party… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/12 "2012-01-20T19:05:24Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Meh, let’s add weight, throw off the balance and make an already gutless car even slower! My thoughts exactly. Not a great choice if you want camp in the mountains. Also, I think the Prius has minimal ground clearance–not good if your campground has a less-than-ideal dirt or gravel access road. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/13 "2012-01-20T19:58:48Z")
And lets screw up the fuel economy. The one thing the car is good at. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/14 "2012-01-20T20:18:49Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Well, yeah, but I never would have heard of teabaggin’ if it weren’t for the Tea Party… Someone didn’t see the John Waters movie _Pecker_. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/15 "2012-01-20T20:45:53Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Someone didn’t see the John Waters movie _Pecker_. After they spring _Pink Flamingos_ on us one night at the Campus Centre in first year, I have never wanted to see any of his films. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/16 "2012-01-20T21:36:30Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > After they spring _Pink Flamingos_ on us one night at the Campus Centre in first year, I have never wanted to see any of his films. _Pecker_ and _Serial Mom_ are his more “normal” films and very enjoyable. Heck, the Teabagging bit from _Pecker_ was actually shown on the _Rachel Maddow Show_. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/17 "2012-01-21T00:21:15Z")
There is a link to some Evangelion theme painted Priuses that are interesting. (Kinda look like WWI dazzle paint) Brian ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/18 "2012-01-21T00:45:29Z")
> [@Chopper9760](#): > > I wish my thoughts had been anywhere near that clever, my brain went: > > “Dick! It’s a dick! That camper totally looks like a DICK!” Ah. Mine was, “Wait, that’s a cock, isn’t it?” I don’t see a teabag. Maybe a scrotum, though. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/19 "2012-01-21T02:41:38Z")
But what’s it look like on the inside?? ---
**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073/20 "2012-01-21T05:15:59Z")
It looks to me like the car backed into a blue whale’s mouth. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-camper/610073.md?page=2)