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by Autie
July 27, 2011 at 7:57 a.m.
Alternative to todays question
If you was gonna haul a couch about 138.5 miles down the highway next Saturday, tied to the roof of the car, what do you think would be the best way to tie it down and what kind of rope or tie downs would you use? There is a small chance of isolated thunderstorms. If it rained on a red couch, would the dye run and streak your car?
These are very important questions to consider this time of year as the fall semester up to that college is fixin to start back up so soon. What I don't get is why them kids (at least the one I'm currently affiliated with) wants to move back to that hippie town so soon before that college even takes up. What I heared was that they had college kid parties and what not. Then I remembered back when I was up to college they had a thing they called that country club week. And we didn't even play golf but we went anyway and drank a lot of beer and pestered the pretty girls until their boyfriends threatened to beat us up. Are you ready to haul your couch on top of the car back to college yet?
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autie (anonymous) says…
Roe, I'd figure they be cousins out there that know what to do with this.
snap_pop_no_crackle (anonymous) says…
Heavy duty bungee cords would be my suggestion.
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
"There is a small chance of isolated thunderstorms."
You know this 10 days in advance?
Why not use your truck?
LadyJ (anonymous) says…
I'm sure cuzins have some of those winter tire chains laying around somewhere that would work. That way they could hang their clothes up on the part that runs through the car.
LadyJ (anonymous) says…
For that matter, why not just put wheels on it and pull it? You could probably put one end in the trunk and wheels on the other end and that way you wouldn't have to worry about it swinging to the side when you turn corners.
rockchalker52 (anonymous) says…
If I had a red couch, I would haul it at least 138.5 miles away from home, too. Either that or place it by the curb with a 'free' sign on it.
LadyJ (anonymous) says…
I thought there would be all sorts of pictures of couches on top of cars on the internet but I was wrong, just a few. I did run across this picture of a redneck car alarm though
http://www.sydesjokes.com/pictures/r/...
LadyJ (anonymous) says…
And to make sure someone doesn't steal your couch and car when you stop at the gas station http://www.leptossomico.com/blog/wp-c...
Gandalf (anonymous) says…
Whut? Why I would jest hook my mobile home and tow the whole dern thing! Duh!
cait48 (anonymous) says…
You used the word "affiliated" and did it correctly.. You're a fraud, autie. :)
autie (anonymous) says…
nope cait. I gots skills and stuff plus I looked it up in the dicktionary...or read it off the ceral box I got at the IGA. Plus I lives so closer to Oklahomey I can smell the red dirt on most days.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…
170lb polypropylene bailer twine with a truckers hitch.
autie (anonymous) says…
Use the truck? Ain't that cheating? And who is Bob Evans anyway and what does he know about cooking?
It werent' gonna be to bad now that we are all acclimated to this recent climate change. I've got people that work for me that put on jackets when it gets below 80 now. If'n it don't rain we will be alright. That kid knows more about how to "locate and secure" furniture in Lawrence than I do. Her friend had an entire living room set in a dorm room. The resourcefulness of young people never cease to amaze me. Prowling the alleys....like a pride of hunting lions...searching for their prize.
RoeDapple (anonymous) says…
First off there ain't no Escort I would trust loadin' my couch on, 'specially since I been usin' it to store my . . ahem, valubles in. No sir, for that I brings out the F-250, complete with 2" straps to tie that bad boy down. Plus I gots a bunch of them camouflage tarps, the good ones not those thin plastic ones that crackle in the wind at speeds of 80 plus. Freight of that importance deserves royal treatment. That there was more,n two werds, but I is verbose.
LadyJ (anonymous) replies…
I see what you mean Roe, it would look something like this http://www.topcargallery.com/wp-conte...
RoeDapple (anonymous) says…
http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_oct200...
LadyJ (anonymous) says…
http://www.carvehicle.net/wallpaper/1...
BorderRat (anonymous) says…
Saw someone trying this feat on my way to work today. They just opened the Ikea store in Denver and folks were camped out for days to be the first 30 or so in the store to win a free couch. I don't know if it was the couch attached to the car with duct tape that caught my eye or that the car was actually a Yugo.
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
Autie - Are you using the Volvo?
autie (anonymous) says…
Autie - Are you using the Volvo?
Seriously? The car reference was strickly literary license and embellishment. Or the dementia I experience time to time has bled over from another forum. We will be using the truck to haul whatever and I think there should be young and healthy people present to carry the heavy and/or awkward stuff as the elderly have mobility issues.
LadyJ (anonymous) says…
Autie, please make sure all pets have been removed from said couch before taking off
http://4.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com...
Did_I_say_that (DIST) says…
This question was answered April 6, 2009. Here is the update a year later:
http://www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/did_i...
autie (anonymous) says…
those were some days....I still must crack a smile when I think of sank4ever....the wichita connection, the movie story line...
riverdrifter (anonymous) says…
I'd just leave thet sucker sittin on the porch where it is right now. What you gonna do with another sofa anyhow? The one on your porch now is just fine, Autie.