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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Dung Beetle?

So I see this car's vanity plate and I can't help but thinking it belongs on a VW Beetle. The old kind, not the overpriced travesty reissue.



Anyway, it's on an Audi as you can see, a fairly sporty Audi at that. Which makes me wonder what line of work this dung beetle is in. Attorney? Lobbyist? Payday loan shark?

Whatever the profession, obviously has no shame about it. Reminds me of my first divorce attorney, the one who wouldn't return my calls and insisted I shouldn't get pissed off about it. He had a pet rat in his kitchen (which also served as his home office). I guess the answer's in the question there, but he came recommended by someone who, until that point, was a trusted friend.

Anyway, trying to figure out if Audi actually called this model a Scarab, I came across a company that might have been one of the Big Three if only minivans had caught on fifty years earlier. A Stout Scarab is a car I would buy, even today. It's like a Depression era version of the Scion xB before they ruined it (stupid Hobbitses!)

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