Every time I see a PT Cruiser or a Chevy HHR parked at a classic car show as if it had some fucking heritage I punch the nearest child I can find. I punch them right in the mouth.

As an Aussie living in the U.S., here are some Australian English automotive and their equivalent. U.S. in the first column, Australian in the 2nd.

It's the military. You don't get to follow orders that you don't agree with, or aren't economically viable, or could cost the taxpayers money. To quote Colonel Nathan R. Jessup, "we follow orders or people die".

This was a fantastic post. You may very well be a good engineer (to me, a hybrid is what you use on a tough fairway lie) but you are obviously a very good writer. I would love to read more of your posts about your work at Big Auto, and I'm sure many others here would as well.

Is that Zyklon-B? Did you really just go there? Wait, it's Deadspin. Carry on!

"Never Apache tan"? I peed a little.

That is the most beautiful thing these eyes have ever seen.

Wait, you can be a lawyer and a human at the same time?

That was awesome! Once upon a time, Wily Mo Peña hit a similar one for the Red Sox. I'll try and find a clip...

I would love to do the 24h. I went to the French MotoGP a few years ago... A+++ would go again.

It's a regular motorsport fixture in Australia.

A couple weeks ago I was behind a car that had one of those stick-figure family stickers on the back of their Urban Assault Vehicle^W^W^W SUV. The 14yo girl (replete with cheerleader silhouette) was named "Kortni".

Obviously not, and it was because of the violence inherent in the system!

That is known as "Mad Sunday". It's not the norm for the Island. From Wikipedia: "On "Mad Sunday" any member of the public can ride the mountain section of the course, which is open one way from Ramsey to Douglas."

"Jargon (aka ``biz-blab'')" in an article about not using jargon? The ironing is strong.

This is the single greatest thing ever on the Internet. Bravo, Sir

"Tell us more about President McCain!" —Brian Regan

I'm sure that being the best in the world at something - hell, damn near anything - takes at least one or two days of work in his life.

bin Hammam? More like bin Bribe'n!

People without charisma generally don't do well in front of a camera. Hence that's what they look for in prospective employees.