Go here and scroll down to near the bottom. It's all good. But this part is the punchline, where he imagines Nancy Pelosi negotiating a car purchase. The picture is good, too:
DEALER: Yes sirree, I can let you have this cherry-red baby for $19,999.99! Plus undercoating and dealer prep.
PELOSI: I'll pay $50,000.
DEALER: For a limited time only, I can throw in remote-controlled eight-way power cupholders, for another $999.99.
PELOSI: I'll buy them at $75,000.
DEALER: Do you want the extended warranty?
PELOSI: No. But I'll pay another $25,000 for it.
DEALER: Aren't you worried something will go wrong?
PELOSI: If it does, I'll just send the bill to the taxpayer.
DEALER:
So you are willing to pay $150,000 for a $20,000 car? I'll have to go
ask my manager! (Disappears into back, pretends to talk to manager,
returns.) Lady, you drive a hard bargain. He says that for $31 billion,
we will give you absolutely nothing at all.
PELOSI: Sold.
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The kids certainly seem to know what the photo-op is all about, such excitement.
Seems derivative of the skit with Groucho Marx and the plumber.
The skit doesn't seem to be available online so I will summarize it.
Groucho calls in a plumber to fix a small problem. He asks for a quote.
The plumber quotes an outrageous price for doing all sorts of unnecessary work.
Groucho tries to bargain the cost down by asking the plumber to delete the extra tasks.
Each time the plumber deletes an extra task he raises the total quoted cost.
Finally the exasperated Groucho says 'How much would it cost if you didn't fix anything?'
Plumber: 'You couldn't afford it"
I love the photos of Pelosi with her mental peers. Thanks for the laugh on a Friday afternoon. It was badly needed.
K, that is hilarious.
Car Salesman: Would you like to be fried
with that crap burger?
Pelosi: I'm partial to relishing mayo on
my pickles!
I actually had a GM telemarketer call my business today asking when we would be replacing our fleet of GM vehicles. When I told him "we are no longer buying GM vehicles" he was not the least bit shocked as he clearly already knew the reason why.
Nancy Pelosi might just be the least serious Speaker that I can remember.
I wonder what she's on? Prozac? Can anyone be that disingenuous in the face of children and grin without massive medication? Sure, Jimmy Carter grinned a lot, but Jimmy thought God was impressed by his publicness about "lusting in his heart."
That is Jimmy and Jim Jones probably had a lot in common (but we will never know for sure, of course). Obama grins a lot too, but he is a self-admitted control substance user.
The smile of Milton Friedman, now there was the unpretentious smile of true hope and inspiration for a freer society.
I wonder what she's on? Prozac? Can anyone be that disingenuous in the face of children and grin without massive medication? Sure, Jimmy Carter grinned a lot, but Jimmy thought God was impressed by his publicness about "lusting in his heart."
That is Jimmy and Jim Jones probably had a lot in common (but we will never know for sure, of course). Obama grins a lot too, but he is a self-admitted control substance user.
The smile of Milton Friedman, now there was the unpretentious smile of true hope and inspiration for a freer society.
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Pelosi with her mental peers. Thanks for the laugh on a Friday afternoon. It was badly needed.
Posted by: Methinks | Jul 10, 2009 4:12:59 PM
K, that is hilarious.
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Third the motion
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