April 8th, 2005 at 10:00pm Posted by Bill
I saw an interesting Dodge Caravan today. It looked like one of the new models. On its rear window, it had a Bad Boys Club sticker and a cartoon Calvin peeing on Ford and Chevy emblems, flames on the hood and front fenders, huge rims with low profile tires, and blacked out windows all around. And a roof rack.
It struck me as hilarious that someone would take the 21st century version of the family truckster and pimp it out like he was a gangsta, yo. You’d think he would know that once you own a minivan, you have completely lost any semblance of coolness.
Except for brother Gabe and I, of course. Gabe’s owned three mini-vans in his life, and I’ve owned five, two of which I still own. Yes, that’s right, I currently own two mini-vans. What, you wanna make something of it? Don’t think I couldn’t kick your butt…
3 Comments Add your own
1. Kathy | April 9th, 2005 at 7:26 am
I like my minivan too. When you decide to have kids it goes with the territory.
2. Tabitha | April 10th, 2005 at 5:48 pm
i never thought it would happen, but when i got married, i officially became a member of a two-station wagon family. and my husband and i don’t even have kids! they were both subarus so that makes it a little less un-cool . . . we sold the older one though. but my husband sure does miss her.
3. Gabriel | April 13th, 2005 at 12:40 pm
Ok.. first off, I have only owned 2 mini-vans, not three (borrowed one from Uncle Larry at one point, but that is a long and convoluted story that takes lost of painful facial expressions to explain)…
Second off, I am still cool… I am just not cool when I drive…
There is NOTHING that says “uncool” like driving down the freeway, steering with your knees, reaching behind you with one hand to stick the pacifier in the babies mouth and smack one of the kids with the other hand…
But, I would NEVER get rid of our mini-van… how in the WORLD would I function with out one?
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