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  • Jeff Aronson
    Moderator
    • Oct 2006
    • 569

    Great Satirical View of the Hummer

    It's hard not to like The Colbert Report, so when he did a piece on the National Hummer Club, I had to see it online.

    Here's the link.

    There's some moments that will give Land Rover enthusiasts pause, but overall, I had to laugh.

    Jeff
    Jeff Aronson
    Vinalhaven, ME 04863
    '66 Series II-A SW 88"
    '66 Series II-A HT 88"
    '80 Triumph TR-7 Spider
    '80 Triumph Spitfire
    '66 Corvair Monza Coupe
    http://www.landroverwriter.com
  • LaneRover
    Overdrive
    • Oct 2006
    • 1743

    #2
    Wait, I could have machine guns on my Rover?
    1958 107 SW - Sold to a better home
    1965 109 SW - nearly running well
    1966 88 SW - running but needing attention
    1969 109 P-UP

    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...2&l=64cfe23aa2

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    • leafsprung
      Overdrive
      • Nov 2006
      • 1008

      #3
      fake machine guns . . .

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      • Rineheitzgabot
        4th Gear
        • Jun 2008
        • 386

        #4
        Originally posted by Jeff Aronson
        It's hard not to like The Colbert Report, so when he did a piece on the National Hummer Club, I had to see it online.

        Here's the link.

        There's some moments that will give Land Rover enthusiasts pause, but overall, I had to laugh.

        Jeff
        Yes. Always great to see those that take themselves so seriously, be made fun of. Who better to do it than Colbert? He is great.

        Also funny to see Hummers being poked at. However, clearly, the whole "wheeling" thing was being made fun of, during the vid clip?!

        I must say that I felt defensive about the wheeling bashing, and even the poor guys being targeted (even though they were driving Hummers), but then came back to reality, and recollected my sense of humor.
        "I can't believe I'm sitting here, completely surrounded by no beer!" -Onslow

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        • Tim Smith
          Overdrive
          • Nov 2006
          • 1504

          #5
          Originally posted by Rineheitzgabot
          I must say that I felt defensive about the wheeling bashing, and even the poor guys being targeted (even though they were driving Hummers), but then came back to reality, and recollected my sense of humor.
          But knowing Colbert, he probably wheels in real life although his character must by default take the other side.

          Funny show so long as you have a sense of humor about the devils advocate.

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          • LaneRover
            Overdrive
            • Oct 2006
            • 1743

            #6
            Originally posted by leafsprung
            fake machine guns . . .

            not necessarily . . . .


            . . . unlike the guy in the video I would not do it just to be a poser. . . . . .of course with the age of my Rovers that would mean that I would probably be chastized for not having it painted pink....
            1958 107 SW - Sold to a better home
            1965 109 SW - nearly running well
            1966 88 SW - running but needing attention
            1969 109 P-UP

            http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...2&l=64cfe23aa2

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            • scott
              Overdrive
              • Oct 2006
              • 1226

              #7
              the green terrorist should be glad there's no MRAPclubs out there. as for machine guns real or fake, i'm building a turret mounted potato gun
              '64 Series IIA 88 Canvas Tilt
              '68 Series IIA RHD Ambulance
              '76 Spitfire 1500
              '07 LR3 (Series Recovery Vehicle)

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              • xsbowes
                2nd Gear
                • Dec 2006
                • 258

                #8
                Originally posted by scott
                the green terrorist should be glad there's no MRAPclubs out there. as for machine guns real or fake, i'm building a turret mounted potato gun
                Stacy
                Motta S.A. Italy

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                • jp-
                  5th Gear
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 981

                  #9
                  In Mississippi it's completely legal to have loaded guns in the car.

                  I can also shoot you in my yard in broad daylight...

                  Totally legal.

                  Yeah, there are a few benefits to living here.
                  61 II 109" Pickup (Restomod, 350 small block, TR4050)
                  66 IIA 88" Station Wagon (sold)
                  66 IIA 109" Pickup (Restomod, 5MGE, R380)
                  67 IIA 109" NADA Wagon (sold)
                  88, 2.5TD 110 RHD non-hicap pickup

                  -I used to know everything there was to know about Land Rovers; then I joined the RN Bulletin Board.

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                  • leafsprung
                    Overdrive
                    • Nov 2006
                    • 1008

                    #10
                    I can also shoot you in my yard in broad daylight...

                    Totally legal.

                    Yeah, there are a few benefits to living here.
                    I'm so jealous. I was itching to blast some girlscouts on my front lawn the other day. If only I lived in Mississippi Id be munching some free Thin Mints right now

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                    • Tim Smith
                      Overdrive
                      • Nov 2006
                      • 1504

                      #11
                      Yeah well in Manhattan it's illegal to have a shovel or pick axe mounted on the outside of your car. Don't ask me how I know.

                      I guess there is a reason for every law. That's what has me wondering...

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                      • yorker
                        Overdrive
                        • Nov 2006
                        • 1635

                        #12
                        Originally posted by LaneRover
                        not necessarily . . . .


                        . . . unlike the guy in the video I would not do it just to be a poser. . . . . .of course with the age of my Rovers that would mean that I would probably be chastized for not having it painted pink....
                        Do they still do the Hiram Maxim shoot in Dover-Foxcroft?
                        1965 SIIa 88",1975 Ex-MOD 109/Ambulance, 1989 RRC, blah, blah, blah...

                        Land Rover UK Forums

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                        • yorker
                          Overdrive
                          • Nov 2006
                          • 1635

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Tim Smith
                          Yeah well in Manhattan it's illegal to have a shovel or pick axe mounted on the outside of your car. Don't ask me how I know.

                          I guess there is a reason for every law. That's what has me wondering...
                          That is kind of odd- I wonder what the reason for that is?


                          FWIW don't carry any of those clip on pocket knives there either...
                          1965 SIIa 88",1975 Ex-MOD 109/Ambulance, 1989 RRC, blah, blah, blah...

                          Land Rover UK Forums

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                          • Tim Smith
                            Overdrive
                            • Nov 2006
                            • 1504

                            #14
                            Originally posted by yorker
                            That is kind of odd- I wonder what the reason for that is?
                            Something about public menace. Of course he could have been talking about my driving habits too as I tend to push around the cab drivers instead of the other way around.

                            I've also been stopped for carrying propane tanks over the GWB too, but that one kind of makes sense to me. In a ridiculous sort of way.
                            Originally posted by yorker
                            FWIW don't carry any of those clip on pocket knives there either...
                            Yeah well my friend carried a .223 on the commuter train and into grand central and then onto the 6 train to bring it back to his apartment in the village for safe keeping.

                            He told me that a cop saw him on the subway in his business clothes then looked at the gun case, looked at him again and then turned and walked the other way. My friend loves that story.

                            This was all before 9-11. Things ran a little differently back then.

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