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Why does scrapping my car make me feel bad?!

Last post Tue, Sep 08 2009, 5:08 PM by conmankiller. 13 replies.
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 5:08 PM

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    Felicity - In retortion; here's my introduction to, "Herbie" the anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle...otherwise known as the Love bug. ........Every student wanted one in my days.!

    I referred to it as a vacuum car........because it used to pick up bits of "fluff"....: -- )

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 4:28 PM

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    CMK, let me introduce you to the magical world of aspartame-based beverages :)
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 1:40 PM

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    Felicity - I've only had Scratchy for a year and he was a present to me. Now I am selling him (okay, okay, IT) for £75 - a bargain!

    I don't know if I am being ridiculously anthropomorphic about this but I feel terrible. I swear that (as I got into my new, scratch-less car) this morning, Scratchy was staring at me with the eyes of an abused kitten in an RSPCA advert.

    I know, I know. Get a grip Felicity Coke-Evans : -- )

    Aww ...Felicity - You should have named it "Herbie" after all the activities that may have taken place inside it.... during your loving years of ownership. !

    That includes the burnt herbs, along with the diet Coke up your nose. : -- )
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 1:17 PM

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    The fiancée might have something to say about that, mooreaz... ;o)
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 1:00 PM

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    Graeme Delap:

    Aw, bless! I shall admit to having a Rover Mini called 'Boris' - nicknamed by a girlfriend I hasten to add. Ahem.

    Named by 'a' girlfriend, not 'the' girlfriend? I think you should ask the other ones for their suggestions...
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 12:12 PM

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    A woman at work once named her little Fiesta "Sussy"
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 11:30 AM

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    Aw, bless! I shall admit to having a Rover Mini called 'Boris' - nicknamed by a girlfriend I hasten to add. Ahem.

    This deep-seated psychological...er...trauma...must go back to 'Tootles the Taxi' and beyond, surely?
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 11:23 AM

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    My daughter named her first car , a Ford Ka, "Frankie" - don't know why - but she was bereft when he came off second best in a fight with a lorry in a country lane - even now several years later she gets upset!!!
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 10:35 AM

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    You named "it"! Surely Scrappy is male and a "Him"... He put up with you and your terrible driving for a whole year and is now going into well deserved retirement. So well done Scrappy - a great MALE car...
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 9:43 AM

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    I did look long and hard at the scrappage scheme but I could still get more car for less second hand.

    It's a shame you have to have owned it for one year before it qualifies or my friends would have been fighting over him!
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 9:38 AM

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    Perhaps Scratchy is thinking about how much you might have got for him under the scrappage scheme and feeling under-valued...
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 9:22 AM

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    You're right, I never should have named it. Or I should have given it a name that made me dislike it, like Mumm-Ra the Ever Living.
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 8:52 AM

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    It's because you named it, and because you're a big girly girl! ;o)
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  •  Tue, Sep 08 2009, 8:45 AM

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    This afternoon I am scrapping my 12 year old Ford Fiesta, Scratchy.

    I've only had Scratchy for a year and he was a present to me. Now I am selling him (okay, okay, IT) for £75 - a bargain!

    I don't know if I am being ridiculously anthropomorphic about this but I feel terrible. I swear that (as I got into my new, scratch-less car) this morning, Scratchy was staring at me with the eyes of an abused kitten in an RSPCA advert.

    I know, I know. Get a grip King-Evans.

    Felicity
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