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		Woman whose Hummer broke down writes letter to newspaper complaining that she got no help, only a string of horns, fingers and obscenities from other drivers and she is "ashamed" of them. Hilarity ensues on op-ed pages (canada.com)		339
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BXRWXR		2006-09-29 04:38:56 PM

If she would have offered a Hummer, that might of helped.

RocketRod		2006-09-29 04:41:26 PM

I haven't seen a Hummer backlash this bad since the Clinton Administration.

/ba-dum-bum
//I'm here all week, try the veal!

El_Swino		2006-09-29 04:41:45 PM

...and?

mialynneb		2006-09-29 04:45:00 PM

My father-in-law had a big ass hummer a couple years ago. Those of you familiar with the University of Cincinnati - he tried to park the thing in CBA Garage.

Oh yeah. Bye-bye luggage rack and lights!

serpent_sky		2006-09-29 04:45:30 PM

The article conveniently leaves out whether or not she was blocking traffic, causing a jam, or otherwise interrupting the normal flow of things. I sincerely doubt she recieved such attention if she was off to the side of the road or not causing a problem for the other drivers.

And if that's the case, what did she expect? Roses to be thrown at her feet? I bet a VW Beetle blocking traffic would get the same reaction as a HumVee would.

BearToy		2006-09-29 04:45:59 PM

FUH2.com

ViceCapades		2006-09-29 04:46:06 PM

Yea, and I'm sure this woman was using her Hummer to ferry troops back and forth...

Action Replay Nick		2006-09-29 04:46:35 PM

It's that image that Calgarian Michael Dimitrijevic, 41, the president of the Alberta chapter of the Canadian Hummer Club

Personally, I don't give a sh*t what you drive. But when you start joining clubs that celebrate your insipid status symbol, you're a dumbass.

SpinStopper		2006-09-29 04:46:39 PM

Mr. Dimitrijevic has plans to marshal the troops to deliver hampers to the needy

Like clothes hampers? Yeah, I bet the needy consider that a top priority ;)

Jaboobinator		2006-09-29 04:46:41 PM

Gaboo		2006-09-29 04:47:10 PM

Many large pickup trucks -- seen much more frequently on Alberta roads -- are just as big and burn just as much fuel, so why aren't people picking on those vehicles too? he asks.

Mr. Drever answers his own question. The 3,800-kilogram Hummer is an "icon," "it sticks out on the street," and "it's in your face," he says

Yeah, that... plus the fact that the pickups are most likely being used for a purpose (hauling stuff.) Hummers are generally driven by a single idiot back and forth to the grocery store/gym.

weazelbeater		2006-09-29 04:47:28 PM

Should've called Midget Towing.

img522.imageshack.us

timmy_the_tooth		2006-09-29 04:49:46 PM

"On that day, I was embarrassed to be a Calgarian"

Huskadoodle		2006-09-29 04:50:37 PM

Hummer hate is a fad, you are all sheep.

rose8199		2006-09-29 04:50:44 PM

I feel badly for her, I really do.

timmy_the_tooth		2006-09-29 04:52:37 PM

Huskadoodle: Hummer hate is a fad, you are all sheep.

crap, i better get off the hummer hate wagon and go get me one then, because it's not at all a fad to be anti-fad.

miseducated		2006-09-29 04:52:59 PM

Look, I'm not one to rip on anybody for the vehicles they drive. Unless you drive a Mazda Miata -- in that case you're either packin' the fudge or swinging from a brass pole.

Where it comes to the Hummer, I'm of two minds. Sure, you ought to be free to drive whatever vehicle you want. Your money, your preference, your choice of car.

However, I'm all for practicality in driving. If you buy a gigantic vehicle, it's likely that you need a gigantic vehicle for some purpose. So I look at you, Mr. F-150-with-duallies-and-moose-killer-bumper-rail driver, and I'm thinking, "Okay, maybe he needs to haul heavy equipment every now and then." I look at the driver of the Durango and think "Okay, maybe she drives neighbourhood kids to soccer practice."

But Hummers are outside the realm of tolerance. It's big, just for the f*cking sake of being big. I'm 6'3", and I need to tuck my knees up to my eyeballs to fit into the back seat. There is about enough space behind the back seat to store a woman's purse, and the driver's seat may as well come with a crown and scepter.

It fulfills no practical purpose whatsoever. None. It's hubris on four wheels. It's like Prada handbags and diamond-encrusted cell phones and Baby Phat sunglasses. "Hey, I gots tha kizzash, and I spend it on cool shiat. What's that? Yeah, I'm obstructing your view of the road. And yeah, I need two parking spaces to fit my unnecessarily wide wheel base. And yeah, if we're in two left turn lanes facing each other at a stoplight, GOOD LUCK on turning left before I do, lest you get T-boned by the Peterbilt that you couldn't see in the lane next to me. But I got a Hummer, son!"

I f*cking hate the Hummer, and the people who drive them are below my sympathy.

SpinStopper		2006-09-29 04:53:12 PM

When the supercharger in my GTP is on full boost, I probably get 1/3 the gas mileage of a Hummer.

Took me one fill-up to learn the error of my ways ;)

Dirtball		2006-09-29 04:55:06 PM

Action Replay Nick: Personally, I don't give a sh*t what you drive. But when you start joining clubs that celebrate your insipid status symbol, you're a dumbass.

Are you in any google groups, fan clubs, or any type of organization where you get together and enjoy a common interest?

Like TotalFark?

serpent_sky		2006-09-29 04:58:35 PM

Dirtball:
Are you in any google groups, fan clubs, or any type of organization where you get together and enjoy a common interest?

Like TotalFark?

What's the common interest of TotalFark? Being an asshole? ^_^

MorrisBird		2006-09-29 04:59:08 PM

miseducated: I f*cking hate the Hummer, and the people who drive them are below my sympathy.

Don't hold back, man, tell us how you really feel.

ArbitraryConstant		2006-09-29 05:00:09 PM

biatch with a Hummer: "When Sonnie Martin recently broke down in Calgary in her Hummer H2, she said she was met with a string of horns, fingers, obscenities and rude comments.

"On that day, I was embarrassed to be a Calgarian," she wrote to the Calgary Herald."

On this day, I am proud to be Calgarian.

RoguePixie		2006-09-29 05:00:53 PM

Huskadoodle: Hummer hate is a fad, you are all sheep.

So what color is yours? ;)

pwhp_67		2006-09-29 05:00:56 PM

Huskadoodle: Hummer hate is a fad, you are all sheep.

Nope. It's here to stay...

40below		2006-09-29 05:01:14 PM

serpent_sky: What's the common interest of TotalFark? Being an asshole? ^_^

In the Land Of The Assholes, we would be kings.

weazelbeater		2006-09-29 05:01:16 PM

Should've called Midget Towing.

Cyclometh		2006-09-29 05:01:19 PM

Are you in any google groups, fan clubs, or any type of organization where you get together and enjoy a common interest?

Like TotalFark?

You know, I'm having a hard time remembering the last time someone used their TotalFark tag to run me onto the rumble strip on I-5 while yammering into a cell phone.

Of course, I can give you a list of the times that people driving Hummers have done so.

/Drive a Hummer? DIAF, you arrogant cockbag.

weazelbeater		2006-09-29 05:02:09 PM

How the hell did that happen? Damn Imageshack is all flaky today.

RoguePixie		2006-09-29 05:02:59 PM

weazelbeater: Should've called Midget Towing.

Still funny the second time around. :P

Action Replay Nick		2006-09-29 05:07:15 PM

Dirtball
Are you in any google groups, fan clubs, or any type of organization where you get together and enjoy a common interest?

Like TotalFark?

No. And I like TF because I get to see all the submitted links.

SpinStopper		2006-09-29 05:07:20 PM

Double the Midget Towing fun! I love it!

*right click, save as*

Dirtball		2006-09-29 05:10:34 PM

serpent_sky

Dirtball:
Are you in any google groups, fan clubs, or any type of organization where you get together and enjoy a common interest?

Like TotalFark?

What's the common interest of TotalFark? Being an asshole? ^_^

I was gonna say procrastinating, but being an asshole works as well.

Cyclometh: You know, I'm having a hard time remembering the last time someone used their TotalFark tag to run me onto the rumble strip on I-5 while yammering into a cell phone.

Of course, I can give you a list of the times that people driving Hummers have done so.

/Drive a Hummer? DIAF, you arrogant cockbag.

Only Hummer drivers do this? I had this happen on the backroads of Michigan by someone driving a Jetta.

Stereotypes, away!

Dirtball		2006-09-29 05:12:56 PM

Action Replay Nick: Are you in any google groups, fan clubs, or any type of organization where you get together and enjoy a common interest?

Really? Now I'm just curious. You don't get together ever with others who share the same interest or interests with you ever? I find that hard to believe.

Cyclometh		2006-09-29 05:17:05 PM

Only Hummer drivers do this? I had this happen on the backroads of Michigan by someone driving a Jetta.

Stereotypes, away!

Oh, lots of drivers do that. But I'll tell you which vehicles I stay the hell away from because they're GUARANTEED to do it.

I don't get too close to any car, whether it's a beetle or a Hummer. But I'll get half a mile away from a Hummmer, Suburban, or any car with Oregon or California plates.

It's learned behavior, not a stereotype. It's only a stereotype when it's not backed up by facts.

sullyman		2006-09-29 05:21:06 PM

"She drives one of the most potent, aggressive and ostentatious symbols of conspicuous consumption possible," wrote one person.

This asshat probably drives a 74 celica but has a tricked out $6,000 Alienware computer to watch You Tube videos. Pathetic.

Dirtball		2006-09-29 05:22:40 PM

Cyclometh: It's learned behavior, not a stereotype. It's only a stereotype when it's not backed up by facts.

I drove an H2 for 10 months as a promotional vehicle, from coast to coast in America and on every highway in the lower 48. Put 56,000 miles on it in those months. Never ran anyone off the road, obeyed all traffic laws, not one problem with others on the road.

It's a fact!

ViceCapades		2006-09-29 05:24:11 PM

Real hummer commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnvSK6Kx39E

Cyclometh		2006-09-29 05:29:31 PM

It's a fact!

How nice for you. I still wouldn't trust your ass as far as I could comfortably spit a rat. Hummer drivers can't see, don't care, and could kill me without even knowing they ever hit something. Hell, I doubt my horn is even audible inside those tanks.

Nothing personal, you understand. As a motorcycle rider, if I didn't take that attitude with everyone, and especially the large SUV crowd, I'd be dead. I have to assume everyone on the road is an ignorant fool. Time and time again, the SUV and Hummer crowd prove me right. If the driver on a Hummer doesn't fark up when in my sight, I just count myself lucky.

Miles_OToole		2006-09-29 05:33:23 PM

Cyclometh: Nothing personal, you understand. As a motorcycle rider, if I didn't take that attitude with everyone, and especially the large SUV crowd, I'd be dead.

Amen. Hell, a woman I work with asked me if I could park my bike somewhere else because she was worried about hitting it in the parking garage. The reason? She can't be bothered to park her monstrous SUV between the lines.

Action Replay Nick		2006-09-29 05:34:19 PM

Dirtball
Really? Now I'm just curious. You don't get together ever with others who share the same interest or interests with you ever? I find that hard to believe.

No, I have never joined any organization, group or club based on any of my material interests.

But, you're kind of dragging away from my point. A book club or a spiritual club or a church or something would be in a completely different league as a self-masturbatory club where you sit around and play keepin' up with the Jones' with your Hummers.

Dirtball		2006-09-29 05:40:21 PM

Action Replay Nick: But, you're kind of dragging away from my point. A book club or a spiritual club or a church or something would be in a completely different league as a self-masturbatory club where you sit around and play keepin' up with the Jones' with your Hummers.

Not necessarily. I know of a few Hummer clubs down in NC, and they get together not to brag about their vehicles, but to take them off roading on trails, on road trips together, and to just hang out because they share a similar interest. Much like book clubs get together to read or spiritual clubs get together to pray.

Before you bash something, make sure you know what it's about, first.

cruci fiction		2006-09-29 05:47:54 PM

I love these threads because you can always spot the Hummer owners, or the people who wish they could afford a Hummer.

aed		2006-09-29 05:50:12 PM

ha ha

my boss owns an h2 and i love driving it just to piss off hippies.

RocketRod		2006-09-29 05:51:55 PM

Dirtball: Not necessarily. I know of a few Hummer clubs down in NC, and they get together not to brag about their vehicles, but to take them off roading on trails, on road trips together, and to just hang out because they share a similar interest. Much like book clubs get together to read or spiritual clubs get together to pray.

Nah... car clubs are mastabatorial gatherings based on a common purchase which the buyer feels has emboldened them, but can only feel that "pride" when they hang with their like. And Hummers are just a Chevy/GMC chassis with a body kit... they are not Humvees -- which are the real deal.

/son of a mechanic
//mechanics laugh at car clubbers behind their backs, while they oversell them on services and parts

MisterTweak		2006-09-29 06:18:23 PM

Would have been nice of someone to help, but if you buy a car to "make a statement", don't be surprised when people take your statement at face value.

H1: I'm a doctor with no free time but lots of cash. And I can get it up, I was just tired.
H2: I am very average, and I hate it. I wish I never had those bratty kids.
H3: The only thing lower than my self-esteem is my credit score.

DirtyDeadGhostofEbenezerCooke		2006-09-29 06:33:42 PM

Saw a Hummer out of gas at on ramp during rush hour.

Laughed and laughed.

/wasn't going that way

Chariset		2006-09-29 06:36:34 PM

Ahh, sweet schadenfreude...

The puny masses like seeing it when the rich elite get mired down in the same lowbrow troubles they deal with. I know I do.

DaCricket		2006-09-29 06:36:41 PM

It's hubris on four wheels

Nedds repeating.

Action Replay Nick		2006-09-29 06:49:58 PM

Dirtball
Before you bash something, make sure you know what it's about, first.

OK.

*runs off to any "car club" forum on the internet*

I stand corrected. They are shining examples of valuable life, partaking in time well spent.