Gift a new car...

[Ennis Ray Lynch Jr]

That is so hard to get on this side of the pond.

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[Testing 1 2 uh 7]

No kidding. For USians, if the wife stepped on the scale and saw 80, life would be good (rail thin, probably jailbait, but not the uproar that makes this joke work).

[Lost User]

Doesn't make much sense this side either. I don't think they make them as go up to 80 stone.

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[Dalek Dave]

I would also suggest that you get in a car, not ON a car.

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[AspDotNetDev]

To be "on it" may also be intended to mean "putting the pedal to the metal" with one's lead foot.

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[Manfred Rudolf Bihy]

Maybe she was alluding to hubby buying her a motor bike? ;P Cheers!

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[Lost User]

Maybe it was just an old joke poorly told.

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[Karthik A]

The units for 80, I guess is "kilograms", then it wouldn't be that poor a joke :) I guess that's what Sandeep intended too!

Cheers, Karthik

[Lost User]

I think we all knew what the joke was. If you google "something that goes from 0 to in seconds" you get 435 million hits. It is an oft told joke, with slightly different upper values and times.

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[wizardzz]

Strange how your mind went there. I was thinking of a dwarf.

[Rutvik Dave]

:laugh:

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[Testing 1 2 uh 7]

I have a friend who had a countdown clock until the Olsen twins turned 18. Perhaps I've been warped by association. Also, I think Gimli would tip the scale a touch more than 80 pounds. Maybe your friends had a thing for midgets, and that's why you think of this first? ;P