Quite a few commenters (including a couple of the big super-active superstars) up this way, though of course I can’t remember who right now.

Aye, lad, I checked under me woodpile, seein’ she be just a wee lass. All I found in my yard was Paddy O’Furniture - the most famous Irishman of them all!

Ever seen it in person?

Performing in the area, possibly? Or staying with friends?
Evanston/Wilmette actually have a pretty long list of famous-people-from-here that own houses in the hometown.

Wilmette is about 2 hundred yards north of me right now. How strange when national news happens where you live.

Oh good, the /pol/ and Reddit Edgelords have been summoned.

I am a straight dude with a TON of lady friends, and it’s a constant annoyance - they want to set up play dates with their stupid BF named Jeff who they insist is “THE FUNNIEST GUY OMG” and “SO SWEET AND NICE”. Like, sweetie, honey, lambkin, doll, you’ve called me up a dozen times to bitch about how you reaaaally…

If we’re talking tux bowties, we should cut some slack for James Bond and celebrities on the red carpet. If we’re talking bowties-as-daily-wear, the list is 2, maybe 3 dudes ever.

While I’m sure they have redeeming qualities and of course every situation is unique, if I were in your shoes I’d burn my goddamn house down and move in with some people with Ebola.

Oh, yeah. Once your liver and kidneys are reduced to a runny slurry, it really cuts down on that unsightly abdominal-organ-belly, plus you feel light as a feather!

No wonder I’ve been getting fat on that new all-gasoline smoothie cleanse!

Just ribbing you! Believe me, if I won the lotto, I’d drive an Icon so hard. But I’d spec it with a hose-out-able interior and crank windows.

It’s not a “truck” - it’s a Hillbilly Lifestyle Accessory.

You dislike old pickups? What are you, French or something?

I’m glad you’ve found that right vehicle. But understand that by being perfectly willing to treat it like a pickup, you’re the exception.

Also almost 40, used to daily drive a ‘79 Ford pickup with a 302 and 3-on-the-tree. Would take that again (or that old Bug) vs. these modern minivans-with-a-bed and massaging seats.

I’m 6'3", and I think these things are too stupidly tall. My high-school job was delivering appliances, and we had a ‘90-ish GMC 2WD. I could stand next to it and easily hop over the side and into the bed, no hands. I may have been a liiitle more sprightly then, but that kind of thing makes a difference. If you have…

While I very much appreciate your thoughtful, civil response, honestly I simply do not understand it. I think the new F150 is an incredible achievement, and I’m very glad US manufacturers are getting their top-sellers into the 21st century. But in high school, I drove a ‘79 Ford pickup - silver with blue/orange plaid…

It’s bizarre - I have and use my insulated Carhartt overalls and shit-slogging boots, because there are jobs to do and they’re the right tools for them. These weird prissy pickups for people with soft, delicate hands are like buying white linen Carhartts with rhinestone buttons and ostrich-skin wellington boots. You…

The “inner-city” is like the nicest part of every big city now, so your E*D*G*Y race-baiting is 20 years out of fashion. Does that make you a hipster racist? Like, with an ironic fanny pack and Zubaz-print skinny jeans and Kanye glasses and also racist?