@Parenthetical: well, there are girls who like stupid chick flicks too, isn't that equally inexplicable?

@clevernamehere: Oh, I'm a dude. I'm sure the women's sizes make a lot less sense. However, as someone mentioned, they are a tad bit too short.

@clevernamehere: I'm 5'11 and 200 pounds, the AA size L shirts fit me very well- with other brands I'm usually stuck in the gulf between M and L.

"Sir, your wife's hysterical, so I'll address this to you. This oven is lightning fast. It takes only five hours to cook a roast."

I didn't know this existed! I really wanna try it now. 1000 feet...

@Prismatist steers with his right foot: Where are you getting your numbers? It's my understanding that thermal efficiency for cars is 30% and down, while for electrical stations it's 30% and up. Combined cycle natural gas plants can go above 50%.

I had thought about really nerding out and building a Labview program to do this, but i find they get a lot more tolerable after a few beers.

There's no way Merc would do the LED headlights thing. I refuse to believe it.

@BigHarv: Maybe so, but if you ask me everything from 98-05 (er, well, golfs, jettas, and passats) was right on. They've aged quite well so far, simple and yes, inoffensive, but unique and consistent across models.

@LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman: I love this whole comment thread!

That VW owner is me. The engine light always goes off by itself after a few hundred miles, though!

@brc is never late, because of his v8: What? Isn't it AWD? Did you mean "slushbox?"

That last one doesn't deserve to be grouped with the others.

Every time I see one of these, all I can think it,

Has to have the snorkel.

How coy of you not to say exactly how long the highway trip took.

So, who should pick it up?

I suppose altert Aston dealers to be on the lookout for someone trying to buy one rim?

The longer I look at it the harder I laugh.

I guess this raises the question: do people have the moral right to be disgusted by fat people?