Aprils Fools Thread - Goofy Prius-Related Comments

That would be a dream, if the Prius can regenerate Gas from the 'captured' energy.....LOL!

 

With SKS, I've been asked how the car knew to unlock the door for me and not anyone else. I told them it was through fingerprint recognition. I locked the door, stepped back out of range, and said "Here, you try it."

Tom

 

A neighbor, who somehow got through this life without ever seeing any Star Trek, asked me if I was starting a new company.


Didn't know quite how to reply.

 

Good laughs.

Here's my real story, and how having Bluetooth with your cellphone...

I'm driving my wife to her *surprise* 40th birthday party.

First my daughter calls asking me to tell my Mom to pick her up at 5pm for the party.
*ahem*

THEN, my Mom calls, like two minutes later, asking about picking up my daughter for five-ish is ok (they both have each other's phone numbers !) and how she hadn't found any helium balloons yet.

My wife was still happy !!!

 

While gassing up a couple of years ago, I was asked by a guy if the Prius really *is* responsible for the "moonscape" around Sudbury, ON

Hint: the INCO nickel mine is located at Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Before Canada and the Province of Ontario forced environmental standards in the early 1980's, it was pretty grim around Sudbury: long before the Prius came into existence. It's mostly cleaned up now

Me: Yes, all true. For every Prius made, a vast swath of Canadian wilderness is rendered uninhabitable, and a cute baby seal is clubbed to death to make the material for the seats

Guy: Really?

Me, with a glare: No, not *really*

I then patiently had to explain the story behind INCO, which took a hell of a lot longer than the time it took for me to gas up. However, this guy had a Ford minivan, and he was still filling as I finally got the hell out of there

Yes, I needed a good stiff drink after that episode

 

I guess I can tell this story on myself. Happened just today (April 1).

I'm on my way to work, listening to a podcast on my iPhone (plugged into the Aux jack). Those of you with an iPhone know that when a call comes in, what you're listening to fades out and stops. So, I get the fade-out and then a ring tone. Now, it's the default iPhone ringtone, NOT the one I use. And there is no sound of the Prius ringer. In spite of that, I go ahead and try to answer. MFD shifts to the "traveling" phone screen, but no one at the other end. After a bit, ringing stops and the podcase fades back in. So I drive about a half mile thinking about it, then decide I better pull off and see who called (I thought it might be my wife).

I exit the freeway, find a side street that's safe to park on, and open the phone. There is no "missed call" indication and no one to call back. About then it finally dawns on me: the fading to ringer was embedded in the podcast, and it's one of Ken Ray's April fool's jokes on his listeners. I fell for it hook, line and sinker.

And it made me late to work. Darn that Ken Ray!

BTW: Ken Ray is the podcaster; the podcast is Mac OS Ken. I'm not only a Prius guy, I'm a Mac and iPhone guy also.