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[SueDonJ]

IMHO, a better answer would have been:

"Find a good divorce attorney. Ask around. Almost everyone you know, from your mechanic to your hair dresser, will know one or have a relative who used one. With a good settlement, you'll be able to buy a new car."

An even better answer would have been, "Get rid of the P*O*S."

 

[Elan]

An even better answer would have been, "Get rid of the P*O*S."

Just because it stalled out, doesn't mean it's a P.O.S. For all we know, the car could be back on the road for less than $50 in repairs.

 

[ampaholic]

Just because it stalled out, doesn't mean it's a P.O.S. For all we know, the car could be back on the road for less than $50 in repairs.

I think she was advocating the "demise" of the husband - not the car?

 

[Ridewithme38]

I think she was advocating the "demise" of the husband - not the car?

The husband was the reason the car stalled? I'm not sure i'm getting your logic here...

 

[ampaholic]

The husband was the reason the car stalled? I'm not sure i'm getting your logic here...

Ride - I was trying to explain Sues logic - I understood the problem from the start.

The car just needs towed over to John's shop and repaired.

 

[geekette]

The husband was the reason the car stalled? I'm not sure i'm getting your logic here...

Of course. If he were tinkering with the car instead of screwing with the neighbor girl, the wife would never have had to hoof it back to the house. Clearly it's the man's fault.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

After reading the responses by female TUGgers I realize that I have been in error in assigning blame for this. I think the husband shares at least part of the blame for not ensuring that the wife was getting the car to the mechanic for regular repair and maintenance. So maybe both parties are at fault here.

 

[Ridewithme38]

Of course. If he were tinkering with the car instead of screwing with the neighbor girl, the wife would never have had to hoof it back to the house. Clearly it's the man's fault.

Thats a good point...You know another point...When i was in high school i had an old Chevy Beretta that seemed to stall out whenever i had move then 4 people in the back seat....

There is a good chance, this could answer both questions, why the 19yr old and why the car stalled

 

[ampaholic]

I think we have gone off of the point of the article; "Why men shouldn't write advice columns".

I think men shouldn't write columns because too many women will say they shouldn't write columns.

I mean look at poor John - he gave perfectly good advice and yet they TITLE the column "why men shouldn't write advice columns".

Poor guy

 

[geekette]

After reading the responses by female TUGgers I realize that I have been in error in assigning blame for this. I think the husband shares at least part of the blame for not ensuring that the wife was getting the car to the mechanic for regular repair and maintenance. So maybe both parties are at fault here.

If the man has no day job, I would think he's the one that should take the car for servicing and wife can drive his car that day. But I can understand the difficulty in running errands while one's own chassis is being serviced.

 

[SueDonJ]

Just because it stalled out, doesn't mean it's a P.O.S. For all we know, the car could be back on the road for less than $50 in repairs.

I hope so, because she has new shoes to buy.

 

[ampaholic]

If the man has no day job, I would think he's the one that should take the car for servicing and wife can drive his car that day. But I can understand the difficulty in running errands while one's own chassis is being serviced.

Yea I agree that the husband was a dumb bunny to not keep his wife's car in better shape - especially if he was going to get his own chassis serviced that day.

 

[SueDonJ]

If the man has no day job, I would think he's the one that should take the car for servicing and wife can drive his car that day. But I can understand the difficulty in running errands while one's own chassis is being serviced.

Chassis? I thought it was his fuel pump?

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(Oh, btw. BWHAHAHAHAHA!!! You made me laugh right out loud!)

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Maybe he's a railroad worker and forgot whose caboose he was supposed to take care of????

 

[SueDonJ]

Maybe he's a railroad worker and forgot whose caboose he was supposed to take care of????

Sure, I can see it. It's like that old joke - "What did the freight car say to the other freight car?" "You've seen one caboose, you've seen 'em all."

<thud>

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

I hope so, because she has new shoes to buy.

from Romancing the Stone, after Michael Douglas machetes the heels off her shoes:

Joan Wilder: Those were Italian!!!!
Jack Colton: Now they're practical.

 

[geekette]

Chassis? I thought it was his fuel pump?

(Oh, btw. BWHAHAHAHAHA!!! You made me laugh right out loud!)

right back at cha!!!

 

[pjrose]

I'm not sure I follow - are you suggesting Dr. Phil would only focus on the initial automotive issue like John so wisely did?

If so I think you are showing a reverse sexist streak - assuming that all men would be that wise.

Heavens no! I'm referring to the headline of the newspaper column, "Why Men Shouldn't Write Advice Columns"

The only sexism implied (or actually quite clearly stated!) is in that headline!

 

[pjrose]

If the man has no day job, I would think he's the one that should take the car for servicing and wife can drive his car that day. But I can understand the difficulty in running errands while one's own chassis is being serviced.

Yea I agree that the husband was a dumb bunny to not keep his wife's car in better shape - especially if he was going to get his own chassis serviced that day.

Wouldn't "dumb bunny" better apply to the 19 year old?

 

[caribbeansun]

Is he? Is he really?

But Dr. Phil is male.

 

[pjrose]

Is he? Is he really?

I was wondering the same thing. Perhaps physically, but clearly has feminine insights

Not ALL men understand about cars.

 

[PigsDad]

But Dr. Phil is male.

He turned in his man card years ago.

Kurt

 

[geekette]

He turned in his man card years ago.

Kurt

prob'ly when Take Your Wife To Work Day became every day.

 

[laurac260]

Bob and Tom did this same bit on their radio show many years ago. I think it was their character, "Mr. Obvious" or something like that, only it was the husband who caught the wife in bed with someone. I have it on a 20 year old "Best of Bob and Tom" cassette tape, somewhere in a shoe box in my closet.

It's an oldie but a goodie!

 

[pjrose]

Bob and Tom did this same bit on their radio show many years ago. I think it was their character, "Mr. Obvious" or something like that, only it was the husband who caught the wife in bed with someone. I have it on a 20 year old "Best of Bob and Tom" cassette tape, somewhere in a shoe box in my closet.

It's an oldie but a goodie!

This is getting more complicated - so who was with the neighbor's daughter, Bob or Tom?