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June 30, 2007

Thou shalt not take thy rental car to Mexico and Other Driving Commandments

cartalk.jpgLast week, we showed you the Pope's 10 Commandments for Driving. Today we share with you a more humorous batch from the syndicated radio program - Car Talk.

This week [now last week] on Car Talk, we shared the Vatican's new 10 Commandments for driving. (And no, we're not kidding. You can read them here.)

And, well, temptation got the better of us. So, we had no choice but to add a few of our own, too!

Of our favorites from their list...

"Thy horsepower shalt not exceed thy I.Q."
"Feed thy meter, except on the Sabbath, lest thee suffer the eternal boot."
"Thou shall handle lit cigars with care, lest thee find refuge near your loins."
"Thou shalt not combine dialing and driving, lest thou mortal coil be wrapped around an unholy bridge abutment."

And one from a Car Talk commenter:

"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in your van."

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Ha. This is funny. Love Car Talk. But then it occurs to me that this kind of "article" is exactly what gives blogs a bad name: not thinking of something funny or original yourself, but just pointing out what someone else said or wrote. It would have been SO EASY to have just made up your own "commandments", expanding on their idea!

 

Well, maybe we were already planning on it, you never know. I've had a driving rant brewing for weeks now...so watch out!

 
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