[Bill]

Mickey Tee's?

[cLaY]

Mickey Tee's?

I can't tell from the pic. They look pretty damn sweet though.

[snarg]

the seats look pretty junked up and so does the carpet. might have to rip it out and put something in there that is water proof.

at that price the damn thing should be 100% cherry
with some kind of guarnatee
you can do much better

[Bill]

at that price the damn thing should be 100% cherry
with some kind of guarnatee
you can do much better

EXACTLY.....

[cLaY]

the seats just show wear from being 11 years old. a 94 with that many miles and an automatic make up some difference, as well as what looks like new tires and front KC lights. i'll know more once i see it in person. i have to drive 25 miles to see it. KBB price is 7765 so I do have some negotiating room. we'll see...

[asshat]

Clay to pull this one off correctly, you should ride up in a turnip truck and fall out of the back.

[Bill]

the seats just show wear from being 11 years old. a 94 with that many miles and an automatic make up some difference, as well as what looks like new tires and front KC lights. i'll know more once i see it in person. i have to drive 25 miles to see it. KBB price is 7765 so I do have some negotiating room. we'll see...

Stop drooling over it....make up your mind....Self!? am I in a possition to throw away all my spare cash when this thing starts nickel and dimeing me?

Your not necessarily crusing for chicks anymore fella.

[cLaY]

make up my mind? I haven't even seen the thing in person.

[ernie]

make up my mind? I haven't even seen the thing in person.

what thing

[snarg]

if they knock the price down to 7k, it is still not a good deal
you can do better, don't even waste your time

[asshat]

make up my mind? I haven't even seen the thing in person.

give the turnip truck some thought. it will set up your whole bargaining position.

[cLaY]

if they knock the price down to 7k, it is still not a good deal
you can do better, don't even waste your time

why do you think its a waste of time???

asshat...the turnip truck concept is over my head.

[asshat]

why do you think its a waste of time???

asshat...the turnip truck concept is over my head.

Of Turnips and Trucks

Dear Evan: I've heard the phrase "I didn't just fall off of the turnip truck" used in similiar situations as "I wasn't born yesterday." I used the "turnip truck" phrase with some friends who had never heard it. That prompted mindless speculation on the origin of the phrase. Do you know how the phrase came about? Thanks. -- Dave Rouse, via the Internet.

First, let me take a moment to caution you and your friends. "Mindless speculation" is a very delicate and potentially dangerous endeavor best left to trained professionals. Those of us who do it for a living have seen far too many cases of amateurs who set out to do a little innocent mindless speculating and wind up convincing themselves that "posh" is an acronym for "port out, starboard home." Don't let this happen to you.

Onward. I've never heard the particular phrase "I didn't just fall off of the turnip truck," but it certainly seems to be a good example of an entire class of catch phrases based on urban-rural rivalry. The thrust of such phrases is, of course, that "I am not a fool or a newcomer," and, in this case, that "I am not an ignorant country bumpkin who just arrived in the big city on a truck full of lowly turnips that I was dumb enough, on top of everything else, to fall off of." This image of a bewildered hayseed ripe for fleecing by urban con artists is a close relative of more general phrases used to assert one's "insider status" and thus intelligence or savvy. The United States being a nation largely composed of immigrants, it's not surprising that the all-time most commonly heard phrase of this type is "I didn't just get off the boat."

I don't think that the phrase you mention "came from" any particular incident or practice. Chances are that whoever thought it up was casting about for a metaphor for rural life, and the humorous image (as well as the alliteration) of "turnip truck" filled the bill.

[cLaY]

make it shorter next time, my attention span is short today.

[snarg]

why do you think its a waste of time???

.

because the price is way to high if you can see anything wrong with it
if you have a friend who can get you into a dealers auction, this car would be about 5k if perfect

i got an 88 jeep cherokee limited (in 92) this way for 12k
it had every option available at the time
and came with a 100% guarantee
kbb value at the time was 19k
clear now??

[cLaY]

because the price is way to high if you can see anything wrong with it
if you have a friend who can get you into a dealers auction, this car would be about 5k if perfect

i got an 88 jeep limited (in 92) this way for 12k
kbb value at the time was 19k
clear now??

I'm not planning on paying that price, no way in hell. Like I said, never seen it in person. Going to check it out with a guy I work with who has driven nothing but Jeeps, should know what kind of shape its in and what I'm willing to pay for it.

My grandpa works for an auction, but you have to have a dealer license in Kansas...so thats a no go.

[snarg]

the guy i knew got me a badge for the day
they have photo ID, his partner looked enuf like me to get me in

he would have bought the car himself, he was pissed
get gramps to slip you in

PS/ we got chased when the guy i was with got in a benz limo and started laying rubber on the lot

[cLaY]

Cha Ching! Fucker is primo...brand new tires, three different tops, interior is $$$. brand new transfer case, motor looks spit shined. 2" Big Dick lift. Body is spotless. I'm gonna offer 8500 to them, with them paying off my truck.

[Bill]

Cha Ching! Fucker is primo...brand new tires, three different tops, interior is $$$. brand new transfer case, motor looks spit shined. 2" Big Dick lift. Body is spotless. I'm gonna offer 8500 to them, with them paying off my truck.

That explains everything

[snarg]

:loool: