Civic Pride

There was an article in the paper last week about people in California finding an abandoned Honda Civic along a highway. The car had two calves in it. That’s right. Calves, as in cows. The calves were OK but neither the owner of the car or the driver could be found. So yeah, we’re waiting for an explanation of why this happened. We here at Uncle Tommy have tried to figure it out and have come up with these possibilities:

•          Someone maybe confused leg room with calf room. Probably a translation error – California has lots of people who are new to the US and are still learning the language.
•          Someone wanted to drive in the “Commuter Lane” and you can’t do that out there unless you have a passenger. And maybe one calf wouldn’t come without the other?
•          Some weird “Automo-veal” concept? People are sick…
•          Cattle Drive – some newbie cowpoke’s idea of moving veal to market

My personal theory here is that Honda was secretly promoting the interior room of its Civic model. These are the types of statistics and features which are whispered in the dark corners of the dealer showroom but never quite make it into the brochures. I have to admit that this will likely come to my mind next time I’m car shopping. We’ll see if Toyota tries to one up them and get three into a Corolla. Stay tuned...