Friday, June 6, 2014

It Takes Time, So...4-D!



The person with the license plate “2DMALLS” must really like online shopping


You're right.  Most other malls usually exist in three dimensions.  


So this person must live and/or work fairly close to me, because I've seen their license plate on a number of occasions.  It has made me think two things.  

First, 2 dimensional malls, better known as "Online Shopping" is a major industry which really doesn't need this person advertising for them.  In fact, I just bought a new bike tire tube online.  Not as exciting as you might think, except for the fact that I didn't even need the stupid thing.  I only bought it so I could go over the required minimum purchase price for free shipping.  If you've never bought a bike tire tube online, might I recommend against it.  Not only do you have to locate the right size tube for your bike, but then you have to decide what kind of valve you want.  There are two different ones, and if you're not prepared for one or the other, it will be a rude awakening when you go to pump up.  After that, you need to figure out what valve length you need, which is entirely dependent on the rim depth on your wheels, so you're off to look up the specs on your wheelset.  After that, it's all about threaded versus smooth valve shaft and I have no earthly clue why that matters, but it clearly does.  Finally, you pick a manufacturer which has good reviews, which is all subjective because plenty of people give all of them bad reviews because they screwed up their installation or they don't like the country they're made in, or they think the black color isn't black enough, or they don't like the smell of the rubber (not making that one up).  I may have digressed a little here....

Anyway, the other possible meaning that this license plate could have is a battle cry, wherein the driver of the car is imploring us all to go "2 THE MALLS!" meaning that this person is addicted to shopping.  If that's the case, I don't like this person.  Somebody who spends all of their time shopping at malls clearly needs something better to do with their time, since malls sell ALL THE SAME THINGS EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.  Also, you're limited to what they have at that particular moment.  You're better off going with the 2-Dimensional ones. 

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