This Christmas I gave my parents things that were consumable (chocolates and a Swiss Chalet gift certificate) and they were much happier than when I tried to buy them things.
The SUV thing is pretty out of hand. My kids like the movie "Cars". At the end, they have a scene where Sarge (an army jeep) is running a boot camp for off road vehicles that have never been off road. He has to deal with a poser Hummer complaining about getting mud in his rims. I thought it was a great potshot at a lot of this buying a larger car than is needed for the status of it.
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Date: 2007-12-30 08:39 pm (UTC)The SUV thing is pretty out of hand. My kids like the movie "Cars". At the end, they have a scene where Sarge (an army jeep) is running a boot camp for off road vehicles that have never been off road. He has to deal with a poser Hummer complaining about getting mud in his rims. I thought it was a great potshot at a lot of this buying a larger car than is needed for the status of it.