A funny "thing" happened yesterday

"mycarneverruns87" (mycarneverruns87) 07/07/2014 at 08:59 • Filed to: None

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So the girlfriend and I were out and about yesterday and as we neared a local VW dealer I remembered that they had a bunch of older VWs in the back that may have been for sale. My girl really wants an old bug in light blue with a white top...(because they have a soul) her words! ...because she is awesome. The delaler had this exact car which I knew so on our way back to check it out I stopped by a yellow VW Thing...here is the conversation that went down.

GF - Ohhh whats that yellow thing?!

ME - it's a Thing...

GF - No really what is it? It's cool.

ME - really, it is a Thing!

GF - ok asshole quit messing with me! What is it?!

ME - Seriously babe, it is called a VW Thing no joke!

GF - OMG I thought you were messing with me!

ME - NOPE

US - lots of laughter!

It was a good moment

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > mycarneverruns87 07/07/2014 at 09:14

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Sole = the rubber bottom section of a shoe.

Soul = the existential idea that living beings have an ephemeral connection to another state of being.

mycarneverruns87 > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 07/07/2014 at 09:18

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Damn! I am usually very good about typing. Thanks for the catch! I'll use Monday as my excuse...

cazzyodo > mycarneverruns87 07/07/2014 at 09:36

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My girlfriend and I saw one down the cape a few years ago and had no idea what it was. She became obsessed with it and used some Google-fu to figure it out.

Now it has become priority number 1 is I ever take to restoring cars in the future.

ly2v8-Brian > mycarneverruns87 07/07/2014 at 10:41

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That's funny.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > mycarneverruns87 07/07/2014 at 10:46

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Whenever I am with someone and I see one I have a conversation like that.

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > mycarneverruns87 07/07/2014 at 11:02

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That's awesome! it's happened to me before as well!

roflcopter > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 07/07/2014 at 11:21

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Soul = preferred mode of transportation for giant hamsters.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > mycarneverruns87 07/07/2014 at 12:48

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I remember when I was young and with my dad. A blue Thing drove by. Same exact argument! I called him a jerk and yelled at him for "being mean to me!" Then when we got home he showed me it was called a thing.

mycarneverruns87 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 07/07/2014 at 13:21

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HAHAHA I knew this couldn't have been the only time this has happened!

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > mycarneverruns87 07/07/2014 at 13:49

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I now firmly believe that whoever was in charge of naming the Thing all those years ago did it on purpose to screw with people's minds. Not just then, but now as well. I can just picture it, a bunch of marketing men and women cackling away with laughter around a conference table...

bob and john > mycarneverruns87 07/08/2014 at 08:45

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ok, the "thing" is actually called a kubelwagen.

mycarneverruns87 > bob and john 07/08/2014 at 10:24

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Yes, but many simply know it as the "Thing" as the more popular name.

bob and john > mycarneverruns87 07/08/2014 at 10:27

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yea. but that probably bec ause the yanks couldnt pronounced kubelwagen then they saw it forst time.

guys...german.....thing.....up ahead.
a what?
a thing
like a truck or...
IDK...looks kinda like a beetle had sex with a jeep or something.,..
....so a thing?
yea.

mycarneverruns87 > bob and john 07/08/2014 at 10:30

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Probably the exact context that went down

bob and john > cazzyodo 07/08/2014 at 10:30

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there is a company in vancouver that sells them you know....

cazzyodo > bob and john 07/08/2014 at 10:34

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Didn't know that...but that's a 3,000 mile distance for me so I haven't paid attention haha. What's the name?

bob and john > cazzyodo 07/08/2014 at 10:44

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http://www.intermeccanica.com/

cazzyodo > bob and john 07/08/2014 at 10:59

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Oh man, I wish. But that's way too steep for me.

bob and john > cazzyodo 07/08/2014 at 11:01

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fromt what I understand, they also sell kits for you to make the car yourself, but i'm not 100% sure