Quote du Jour

[akirlu]

"If you have a car and you want to go forward, what do you do? You put it in "D." When you want to go backwards, what do you do? You put it in "R." I'm just saying. "- Barack Obama

Shamelessly stolen from brithistorian

Comments

[seawasp]

If I have a car and I want to go forward, I shift it into first gear, and then into second, and then into third, and so forth.

"D"? That's for people who can't handle real transmissions!

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, but even on a standard transmission, "R" is only for going backwards.

[seawasp]

Yeah, but that makes the joke only half-effective.

Besides, U-Turns are for going backwards!

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Actually, since standard transmissions are comparatively rare in the US, and in decline, and virtually no one who drives here doesn't know how an automatic transmission is laid out, the joke is perfectly effective as it stands, except for rare instances of hair-splitting prigs.

And I'm happy to live on the other side of the country from you if you believe U-turns generally involve going backwards.

[maryread.livejournal.com]

non-intuitive, what?

isn't everything?

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

I saw a clip of Obama saying this.