- “The line broke, the monkey got choked, and they all went to heaven in a little row boat.” ~Shirley Ellis
VW has been trying to get some sort of secret handshake to catch on for a while. Punch Buggy’s not enough, apparently. Remember when I wrote about VW before? No? Well, when my friend bought a new Bug I watched the video that came with the car, and it was all about VW owners waving to each other. It really was an irritating load of crap. Now they want everyone to high five VW Bug owners?
This is a terrible idea for many reasons:
- Some jackass is going to pull too close to a Bug to get a hand slap and will end up with a side swipe instead. (High five for high insurance premiums for Bug owners!)
- People who don’t pull up close enough will probably end up air high fiving, which means a bunch of German car owners are going to be giving what looks like a heil Hitler all over town.
- Sore hands.
- Stranger germs.
- And high fiving? I don’t like it. I’m generally not feeling the high five with one notable exception. When my friend and I reach the top of the mountain on our hike sometimes we’ll slap hands. But, hey, it’s the top of a mountain. That’s sort-of where a high five works.
Also, it seems like they’re trying to sell this car to men. It’s got a vase inside for a flower! Dream on, VW.
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