In yesterday’s post which talked about colors, one color came in for some (much-deserved) mockery, this being avocado green.
Well, I guess it can be a situational thing. Here’s why I say this:
Now it must be said that the peerless E-type might look better in another color; but if someone came up to you and said, “Here are the keys and pink slip for that car, it’s yours,” I think it would be safe to assume that you wouldn’t get all offended and say, “Oh noes! I wouldn’t seen dead in so ugly a color!” and turn it down.
In Kim Terms, this would be like turning down an evening’s bedtime entertainment with Salma Hayek just because she was wearing a strangely-colored dress. And as this statement is useless wifout pichers, here’s what I’m talking about:
Errr I’ve lost my thread. What was I talking about, again?
The Jagyouwar looks as if it’s painted in British Racing Green, with some sort of darkish matte clear coat. over it. Strange.
There’s a difference though, you don’t remove the paint from a car to maximize your enjoyment of it……
Yes, Ms Hayek is delectable….
As a complete aside, I think one of these days Kim ought to do a feature on women who everyone seems to consider beautiful, but who he or his readers think are over-rated. It would keep the topic off Chinkflu and the Election anyway. #1 on my list would be Julia Roberts.
Maybe a second feature of ladies who don’t get the attention they deserve. I always thought Jodie Foster was a classically beautiful woman (and yes I know she plays for the other team).
Fortunately with cars a new colour is only a wrap or a respray away. As for Ms Hayek, I will gladly entertain her.
Hmm… is she related to the economist / philosopher of the same name?
I think we had a fridge back in the 70s the same color as that Jag. One hopes that whomever sullied the car with that color color choice will refrain from shag carpet on the dash and fuzzy dice dangling in the windshield.
How about a set of Yosemite Sam “Back Off!” mud flaps to complete the retro look?
^One on each of Selma’s breasteses, right?
It’s close enough to Olive Drab that I’m ok with it.
I think ‘maroon’ and ‘burgundy’ are lovely for encapsulating the features of Miss Hayek.
I am less enthralled about the color ‘pink’ for a swooning lounge.
And, of course, round pillows are the precursors to Post-Apoch madness.
Rumor has it, Hunter ‘Highlights’ Biden and Hillary ‘ClintonCrimeSyndicate’ Clinton have ‘a thing’ for round pillows.
Separately is the way I heard it… but you never know with the D. of C. crowd.
*****
A drop-head coo-pay parked at the marina.
“If anybody needs me, you can reach me at The Club!”
In between, a toothbrush and a Turkish on my knees cleaning my wires?
Maybe not.
I had a 70 Camaro that was painted what ever GM decided to call that color of puke green. It was very close to the color on the Jaguar. It doomed the car to be called The Pickle for the rest of it’s days.
Ms. Hayek is a looker all right.
Did not the real Steve McQueen have one in that color? The car not the girl.
Yep. Although I think it works better on his XKSS than it does on the E type Kim posted. Never had a shot at Ms. Hayek, but methinks he was hardly wanting in the chick department.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ai0uSj_OVE
Leno’s shit eating grin when he fires it up is worth the price of admission.
I had a friend in school complain about a car color he called “baby poop brown”, my mother informed me it’s proper name was “shit brindle”.