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i think that's a boulder joke too
Posted by: Carol | September 21, 2007 at 12:27 PM
Is there a sale on Durian fruit or Kopi Luwak?
Posted by: jerry | September 21, 2007 at 12:32 PM
No, no, the most common color is blue, I should know...
Posted by: Steve | September 21, 2007 at 12:44 PM
None, the drivers' self-satisfaction takes up the entire lot.
Posted by: Rob | September 21, 2007 at 12:53 PM
Follow-up: Of that set, how many are buying $7/lb tomatoes?
Posted by: Ken Houghton | September 21, 2007 at 12:53 PM
A few more as soon as we rip up those damned sidewalks.
Posted by: Ben V-L | September 21, 2007 at 01:31 PM
That depends on how many Volvos are left.
Posted by: Winston | September 21, 2007 at 01:48 PM
Shouldn't the plural of Prius be Prii?
Posted by: James Wimberley | September 21, 2007 at 02:54 PM
Plenty, if Berkeley's Hayward fault slips?
None, if Ahnold gets there first?
I don't know, is the Prius ego blimp standard equipment or an add-on?
Posted by: ferd | September 21, 2007 at 03:22 PM
NO, 4th declension.
Posted by: panochia | September 21, 2007 at 03:24 PM
Make that -- I don't know, does Sainthood allow Prius owners' cars to float?
Posted by: ferd | September 21, 2007 at 03:43 PM
Well, a third of them. Duh! The others are at Trader Joe's, or at Chez Pannisse.
Posted by: Jazgar | September 21, 2007 at 05:17 PM
You bought silver? Boring. The blue and green colors are much more interesting.
Factoid: Silverish and Platinumish are the most popular car colors in the U.S. In many other countries, the most popular color is white.
Posted by: Anon | September 21, 2007 at 07:11 PM
Brad's is silver, but he also put spinners on it, a whale-tail, and 24" rims.
Posted by: jerry | September 21, 2007 at 10:03 PM
If it's 4th declension the plural of Prius would still be Prius, as in sheep.
Posted by: James Wimberley | September 22, 2007 at 03:00 AM
The real Berkeley joke would be how many silver Priuses fit in the Berkeley Bowl's parking lot.
Posted by: kaleidescope | September 22, 2007 at 07:18 AM
it really depends on how many honda elements are all ready there.... at monterey market....
Posted by: eric Smith | September 22, 2007 at 09:06 AM
dude, that's a Charlottesville joke.
Posted by: kib | September 22, 2007 at 11:22 AM
By ferd
"Make that -- I don't know, does Sainthood allow Prius owners' cars to float?"
I think they CAN float, and also Prius owners'farts don't smell because the car incorporates them into its combustion system.
All that farting that goes on Ex-Prius is lost however, but I think that Toyota is working on a portable attachment for that problem.
Posted by: wood turtle | September 22, 2007 at 12:56 PM
Here's a different joke:
How many neo-cons does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
None: they just short out the wiring of the house next door and declare Mission Accomplished.
Posted by: David Spitzley | September 24, 2007 at 02:36 PM
I thought that there was an ordinance requiring that the number of Prius in a parking lot could not exceed (Elements + Hybrid Hondas) + (stock Scions - Mercedes "swatch" cars) - (Hybrid Escapes + Escallades). Here in Vegas Prius totals are regulated as not exceeding 25% of total Hummers.
(I too had assumed Prius to be 4th declension....)
Posted by: ShortWoman | September 26, 2007 at 03:14 PM