{"id":6286,"date":"2006-12-12T17:30:17","date_gmt":"2006-12-12T21:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=6286"},"modified":"2016-10-18T17:34:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T21:34:26","slug":"since-you-asked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=6286","title":{"rendered":"SINCE YOU ASKED"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What was the most asked question from readers in response to the last entry?<\/p>\n

\u201cWho was that white rose from??\u201d<\/p>\n

Nope.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you really waste a whole bottle of Pepsi like that??\u201d<\/p>\n

Nope.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, what do you mean by saying womankind anyway??\u201d<\/p>\n

No!<\/p>\n

The most asked question was \u201cWhat kind of car did you get?\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, since you asked, I got a Toyota Yaris.<\/p>\n

Which immediately prompts the question\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cIs there really a bar on the corner of your street??\u201d<\/p>\n

Well\u2026 Yes, there is. And a liquor store directly across from the bar.<\/p>\n

But no, that\u2019s not the next question.<\/p>\n

The question is \u201cWhat the hell is a Yaris??\u201d<\/p>\n

EXACTLY what I asked the salesman as we approached it in the dealer\u2019s lot. \u201cMan, what the hell is a Yaris? Some kind of big mountain animal? Like a female Yak?\u201d<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cHeh. Funny. Comes with a great cd\/mp3 player option for just an additional $750.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat. But I don\u2019t need it, yak-man. I got me a fuckin\u2019 80 gb iPod!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoa! THAT is hardcore, yo!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDamn straight! And I know the difference between laying and lying, and getting laid and being lied to!\u201d<\/p>\n

So, I haggled with the sales-yak for close to an hour. Back and forth. Give and take. You scratch mine, I\u2019ll scratch mine. I knew what I wanted and how much I was willing to pay for it when I walked in there. So haggle, faggle, wiggle, waggle, my friend. After several trips to his manager\u2019s office to relay my bargaining positions, the wishy-washy salesman brought out the manager in person. He proceeded to yak at me for a few minutes then produced a number on a paper.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cMy friend, this is how much I pay for this car.\u201d $XX,X06. \u201cYou aren\u2019t going to let me make any profit off of this sale?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHmm. You pay $XX,X06? Really?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYep. $XX,X06.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll give you $XX,X07. You can make a dollar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thrown off balance by the unexpected humor in my haggle, the head-yak could only grin and agree to my offer. We both knew he was still making a profit. But at least I knew I got the price I wanted. I didn\u2019t get the color I wanted. But I got a good deal. It\u2019s paid for. It\u2019s all mine. And it drives better than any mountain animal I\u2019ve ever rode.<\/p>\n

Now, back to that name. Yaris. Every time I mention it I get plenty of odd looks and snickers. But someone was kind enough to look for the meaning of the name and found an explanation straight from Toyota:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe background on the Yaris name is actually really interesting. It stems from a goddess in Greek mythology, named CHARIS, who was a symbol of beauty and elegance. We put that together with the German expression of agreement, YA. We think the name symbolizes the car\u2019s broad appeal in styling and really represents Toyota\u2019s next generation of global cars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Talk about Farfegnugen! I\u2019m ridin\u2019 the goddess, baby! Ya! Symbolize that!<\/p>\n

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Originally posted on the website: What was the most asked question from readers in response to the last entry? \u201cWho was that white rose from??\u201d Nope. \u201cDid you really waste a whole bottle of Pepsi like that??\u201d Nope. \u201cHey, what do you mean by saying womankind anyway??\u201d No! The most asked question was \u201cWhat kind … Continue reading “SINCE YOU ASKED”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crash-test-monkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6287,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6286\/revisions\/6287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}