• February 15, 2012

The most mysterious car since Kit from Knight RiderReader “Emily” sends us this mysterious photo from Chicago, which appears to be a Paultard car, only without the R at the beginning of Dr. Paul’s famous slogan. “I still really couldn’t believe this was a thing,” she writes. So, question: IS THIS A THING?

{ 63 comments }

Aloysius June 3, 2009 at 10:14 am

VW hasn’t made a Thing in quite some time. Is that a Mustang? Didn’t Burt Reynolds drive one of those?

ManchuCandidate June 3, 2009 at 10:14 am

Hey, this guy (it HAS to be a guy) is living to his libertarian principals (sic) in the widest way possible. It’s deregulated spelling and no gubbiment is going to tell him how to spel whuds.

HoboNutz June 3, 2009 at 10:15 am

no. no it is not.

Serious June 3, 2009 at 10:15 am

This is why I always put my decals on my windshield.

the problem child June 3, 2009 at 10:15 am

I love evolution too!

TGY June 3, 2009 at 10:16 am

It certainly seems thing-like, though badly misspelled. I think the ‘R’ would’ve been too close to the door crack. Eh, leave it to Paultards to muff the type blocking.

Canmon (the Inadequate) June 3, 2009 at 10:17 am

Instead of “revolution” it is “evolution”. The driver loves Ron Paul but just wants to take things a little slower.

WadISay June 3, 2009 at 10:18 am

[re=330629]Aloysius[/re]: Yes, ugh, start the 3VOLution without me.

Chickensmack June 3, 2009 at 10:18 am

by default, aren’t we already a part of 3VOLUTION? Maybe it’s one of those “Save ‘Em All” campaigns by a heavy metal contemporary Christian band.

hockeymom June 3, 2009 at 10:18 am

Is that a GM product? Do I now own part of that car?

Vulpes82 June 3, 2009 at 10:19 am

“IS THIS A THING?” No, but it is Das Ding an sich. Ponder that!

hobospacejunkie June 3, 2009 at 10:20 am

Is that one of the many copies, made for the show, of the new Knightrider KIT car? Can’t wait to see it at Univeral Studios as a main attraction on their tour, years after the show’s been cancelled.

facehead June 3, 2009 at 10:22 am

No entity without identity.

ManchuCandidate June 3, 2009 at 10:24 am

[re=330644]hobospacejunkie[/re]:
I’m guessing KITT would drive itself off a cliff if it had that sticker on its door panel.

19kevin8 June 3, 2009 at 10:24 am

The 3volution will not be televised. Instead, it will appear in mysterious, fogged lens photos of crappy Fords.

MARCdMan June 3, 2009 at 10:28 am

Typical Ford owner, spell about as well as their cars drive.

ladymacbeth June 3, 2009 at 10:29 am

no this is all wrong. that car is simply part of the darwin bicentennial.

oldguy June 3, 2009 at 10:30 am

But if it’s a Ding, we can’t know it, although we may owkn it (I’m embracing libraritarian spelukn too.) And do Dings 3volve or were they created by a not-too-brite desiner?

JMP June 3, 2009 at 10:31 am

Yes, it is a thing; so are all cars, being nonliving physical objects (except the aforementioned Kitt, who is alive).

catsquatch June 3, 2009 at 10:34 am

The Granolesbodarwin Abortion party is now picking over the corpse of the Paultards, since the whole Jesus fish with legs thing hasn’t really worked out for them.

doxastic June 3, 2009 at 10:34 am

[re=330642]Vulpes82[/re]: It is definitely a thing-in-itself.

DOUBLE NERDATION: “The presence of something present such as the [late-model Ford Mustang] comes into its own, appropriatively manifests and determines itself, only from the thinging of the thing.” Unfortunately, this guy hasn’t thinged a thing without paying in years.

catsquatch June 3, 2009 at 10:36 am

[re=330652]ladymacbeth[/re]: That will teach me to try to work in another window when I should be commenting.

Mahousu June 3, 2009 at 10:36 am

That’s not a Mitsubishi Evo by any chance, is it? (Sorry, my car recognition skills are a bit subpar.) That would provide a (boring) explanation.

nappyduggs June 3, 2009 at 10:39 am

I’m still mulling over the “thingyness” of it, but if there was a rear-view picture of the car in question with mudflaps featuring a silhouetted Dr. Paul with his erectd penis supporting the Constipatution then I would definitely say’yes-yes this is a thing.’

bhosp June 3, 2009 at 10:42 am

[re=330660]doxastic[/re]: Triple Nerd Score!: It is the thing and the whole of the thing.

Urbanachiever June 3, 2009 at 10:43 am

What a crappy parking job–it looks like it’s blocking half the alley entrance!

Roger the Shrubber June 3, 2009 at 10:44 am

It may be a type of thing rather than an instance of a thing. Then again, it might just be an attribute.

SayItWithWookies June 3, 2009 at 10:45 am

If this is a thing, then it’s a misguided attempt to popularize the evil scientific rationalist agenda — it’s not like Ron Paulism is more popular than science already. If they really want to popularize evolution, they should associate it with something wildly popular and somewhat related — steak, for instance. Couldn’t you picture a little biology lesson on all your grilling meats?

stuffisthings June 3, 2009 at 10:46 am

I want to pronounce it “THREEvolution,” which I imagine must be a branch of science similar to THREEconomics. So presumably this car is owned by a THREEnvironmentalist who eats only at Wendys.

Also: I’m glad to find out that asking if a thing is “a thing” is actually a thing!

doxastic June 3, 2009 at 10:49 am

[re=330670]Roger the Shrubber[/re]: It’s definitely an accident.

Tra June 3, 2009 at 10:53 am

He’s “being a part” of the Revolution. Just not the part with the R.

Mr Blifil June 3, 2009 at 10:55 am

I have to recuse myself because I have a thing for things. And also I gotta go to a thing. That’s the thing.

you cannot be serious June 3, 2009 at 10:55 am

The R mysteriously disappeared on Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Min June 3, 2009 at 10:56 am

Apparently, the car hopes one day to be a seaplane.

Hominidx June 3, 2009 at 11:04 am

Hello, people! It’s ELVISlution!

WIDTAP June 3, 2009 at 11:04 am

It’s not so much a “thing” as a “happening”, a “rave” or a “rage”, depending on who was president when you were 17. I suppose the current 17-years-olds refer to it as a “skidoosh”.

Zadig June 3, 2009 at 11:05 am

Ugh, deport all libertarians to Somalia. They will “3VOL” it there.

Come here a minute June 3, 2009 at 11:06 am

It is nothing (the opposite of being a thing). Some fun cutting and pasting though.

Zadig June 3, 2009 at 11:07 am

[re=330691]Hominidx[/re]: Hey, you leave the guy who died on the shitter in my fair city out of this.

Monsieur Grumpe June 3, 2009 at 11:09 am

It’s a blimp with wheels. I understand it gets very good mileage but you don’t want in one if you have an accident. Probably sucks in snow.

CockedAle June 3, 2009 at 11:10 am

I say it’s missing a “D,” not an “R”…

George Will's Bow Tie June 3, 2009 at 11:16 am

Idiocy: Be a part of it!

x111e7thst June 3, 2009 at 11:19 am

[re=330642]Vulpes82[/re]: I like to keep my Ding an Sich firmly in hand if you know what I mean. and I think you do.

GDTRFB June 3, 2009 at 11:23 am

[re=330652]ladymacbeth[/re]: Darwin-tard? OMG there are so many “natural selection” jokes churning through my brain that I’m on the verge of a meltdown.

user-of-owls June 3, 2009 at 11:26 am

Sometimes a thing is just a thing.

lawrenceofthedesert June 3, 2009 at 11:31 am

The car belongs to an 80′s punk rocker who is waiting for the “D” he ordered to arrive. The tipoff was the bumper sticker (not pictured) that said, “My other car is a B-52.”

tonytonytony June 3, 2009 at 11:33 am

To answer your question, it IS a thing. There is a Paultard with a similar logo on the back of his (her? maybe it’s his girlfriend) Jeep in my neighborhood, complete with an R. What I don’t get is, does Ron Paul like LOVE, or backwards LOVE? That would be just another Paul-ian insult to traditional Republican values.

facehead June 3, 2009 at 11:45 am

It is what Paultards call a “flightless blimp.” Hence no ‘R.’

lawrenceofthedesert June 3, 2009 at 11:51 am

[re=330699]CockedAle[/re]: Your comment hadn’t posted yet when I wrote my comment and stepped on your joke — unfortunate coincidence.

Pompous Magnus June 3, 2009 at 11:58 am

Ceci n’est pas une thing.

Mustang June 3, 2009 at 12:19 pm

The logo is evolving. HAHAHAHa

PotentPotable June 3, 2009 at 12:24 pm

I’m 99.9% sure the owner means “Evolution”, as in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. The only confusing part is that I don’t think it’s an Evo. I think it’s a 3000GT, which may have evolved into the Evo.

But, hey, why let details get in the way of ad hominem attacks, eh?

CockedAle June 3, 2009 at 12:25 pm

[re=330762]lawrenceofthedesert[/re]: Great minds snark alike.

Vulpes82 June 3, 2009 at 12:43 pm

[re=330706]x111e7thst[/re]: I keep mine in my “categorial imperative.” “Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more!”

kappakid June 3, 2009 at 12:50 pm

Yes! I drive past the car every day in Roscoe Village. Paultards should take over our esteemed city council.

One Yield Regular June 3, 2009 at 12:51 pm

Check the rear of the car. If it has one of those Darwin-fish thingies stuck on it, leave it be. If not, call the bomb squad.

Zadig June 3, 2009 at 1:33 pm

[re=330856]Vulpes82[/re]: Ew, no thanks, I’m a utilitatian.

Bruno June 3, 2009 at 1:44 pm

This car is a farce. Anyone knows the bible says everything was created in 7 days, even cars, which roamed free with the dinosaurs. Noah had to save something, so he saved the cars, leaving the dinosaur poo behind to power them.

Vulpes82 June 3, 2009 at 1:46 pm

[re=330953]Zadig[/re]: Oooooh, felicific calculus makes me hot! (And I have no idea what I’m even saying anymore, so I suppose it’s best to end the philosophy double entendres here, before the Ban Hammer comes down.)

Balls! June 3, 2009 at 1:57 pm

[re=330677]Tra[/re]: That reminded me of a joke: I love country music, but only the first syllable

Lazy Media June 3, 2009 at 2:27 pm

Jeez, the lengths people will go not to put a Darwin fish on their car.

kth June 3, 2009 at 5:49 pm

[re=330673]stuffisthings[/re]: If you say it that way, you have to give Pat Riley a dollar.

goodluck/badluck June 3, 2009 at 6:46 pm

Vagina Doctor Ron Paul is angry because he isn’t able to practice his 3VOL with women all across the country.

As for the car, it would be thingier if had something more than a dropped-’r'… like “NUT LOTION” with a red ‘L’, say.

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