That's right, it's a truck. This appeared in the Inquirer's sports section on Thursday. That's a man (kinda) standing next to it, reaching up to open the door. Reaching up to open the door. He is reaching up. to. open. the. door.
He's Phillies pitcher Jon Lieber, and he just bought a new house ... er. .... truck.
It's a Ford F-650 (what's the "F" for?). It has 47-inch tires, a 200-gallon gas tank and cost $200,000. It is either a sign of the Apocalypse, or the guy has way too much money. For the record, he makes about $7.5 million a year pitching baseballs that a majority of players find easy to hit. Optimists among us would say that it's a great thing, because we live in a country where people can purchase such things and enjoy the fruits of their labor. It's a status symbol and he has every right to enjoy his life.
The rest of us - heretofore known as The Sensible Ones, would say that anyone who buys or drives something like that needs to have what's left of his head examined. A 200-gallon gas tank? On a passenger vehicle? I cannot imagine the possible utility of such a vehicle, unless he's planning on taking it to Iraq.
There's a small part of the sensible me who is glad that baseball players aren't the role models that they once were. We have come to dismiss them (and many professional athletes) as either egocentric clowns who are only out for their own profit OR phonies, who lie (sometimes) and cheat (sometimes) to get more hits so they can earn more money to use to buy junk like this. Either one.
Whichever you choose, sometimes it's easy to dislike someone. A general rule of thumb is that you can hate them when they show up with a vehicle that could be used to carry my car. It is wretched excess, and it is all too popular. I suppose it will never go out of fashion, because when you pay someone so much money that his children and grandchildren will never know what a "late fee" looks like, they have to find something to do with the money they have left over.
Generally, It's either a huge truck or a case of drugs. I find myself having sympathy for the drug users.
7 comments:
$200,00 for a truck.. that's Gods way of saying you have too much money! I believe that men that drive lifted trucks are trying to compensate for other ... er... 'short' comings... Baby K's daddy or Shit for brains always had a lifted truck... I rest my case!
I seem to remember that one of the more notorious steroid bloated bullies at Columbine High School drove both a Humvee and a Dodge Viper. Perhaps his parents were compensating for something?
Batcha can't come up with his name.
Holy shit.
When I first clicked over here and saw the pix, I thought it was a joke.
Wait, it is, right?
OMFG.
BTW, Anthony, your sidebar is AWESOME!!!!
Oh, and your posts ain't bad either ;-)
I think penis enlargement surgery would be cheaper than filling up that monstrosity with gas. And less toxic to the environment.
i just kept nodding my head on this post. i'm not against spending money on some things that someone might *want* ya know a little luxury, i mean if you earn it you can splurge a little right? but a 200k truck is extremely excessive and totally irresponsible. first of all, where the F are you going to park that thing? secondly, most people don't really use those largely expensive things they buy, they just sit and "look pretty".
it's all about excess with this country. *sigh*
Love how people want to hate on my uncle cause they want what he has :)
I'm very happy that something I wrote over 4 years ago can inspire such anger.
And, "anonymous," y'all has an apostrophe, as does you're (not YOUR).
Improper grammar is an indication of intelligence.
Piss off, y'all!
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