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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI have a confession.
I once made out with a guy in his periwinkle Gremlin. I was young. And drunk.
Good night DU!
I can't wait to read the replies to this in the AM!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)What the hell were you THINKING?
redwitch
(14,952 posts)I wasn't thinking at all!
LOL!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Is periwinkle considered flamebait?
redwitch
(14,952 posts)"fleshtone" maybe. Periwinkle is a nice color. Just not on one of the ugliest cars ever made.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)From forum to forum and group to group. [img][/img]
I never know where I'll be lurking.
I've managed to avoid buying blue cars except for one antique mercedes.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,752 posts)You haven't lived until you've made out with a guy, esp. one in a periwinkle Gremlin!
Good for you!
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)you did it with him in this...
At least you didn't do it in my mil's car...
redwitch
(14,952 posts)I like your MIL's car though.
siligut
(12,272 posts)If he is still on your mind.
Sun Jan-31-10 07:41 PM
Response to Reply #61
Periwinkle Gremlin.
Honest to God, he drove a periwinkle Gremlin. And I don't want to talk about it.
Hope you slept well.
redwitch
(14,952 posts)But I will never forget his car!
Are you writing my biography? Or are you my first stalker?
siligut
(12,272 posts)Seriously, I was searching DU2 for the naked pictures Hunter mentioned in the pic thread and I came across your old post.
Not really, those pictures are probably long gone, I just googled "Periwinkle Gremlin" and the link was the first one I think.
hunter
(38,339 posts)... he's a Prosperity Christian now and it was his mom's car.
He was at my tenth high school reunion.
I fled.
redwitch
(14,952 posts)That is bizarre!
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)The minister must have been taking Janis Joplin's song a little too seriously, because in one sermon he quoted a part of it almost word for word: "Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?" And according to him, the Lord granted his wish.
malthaussen
(17,219 posts)... but I wound up buying a Pinto painted You're-in Yellow.
-- Mal
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)But I ended up with a royal blue VW Rabbit. (Husband didn't go for the Gremlin.) The Rabbit was great in the snow, but had all kinds of electrical problems.
This was around 1976, I think?
redwitch
(14,952 posts)You're in Yellow!
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)It was the color of American cheese, and the windows were horribly disconcerting. I was mortified to even be seen driving it.
This was during the gas crisis in the mid-1970s when people could only buy gas on odd or even days depending on the last digit of your license plate. My own VW Rabbit had barely enough gas to coast home. I needed to get to an assignment so Chuck lent me his "car" thing.
I didn't even know periwinkle Gremlins existed.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)C'mon! It's cute! LOL
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)The shape is something else.
redwitch
(14,952 posts)LOL! It is kinda cute!
redwitch
(14,952 posts)I used to run out of gas in my tan VW bug. Gas gauge broken but people used to laugh at me for running out.
btrflykng9
(287 posts)"I Once Made Out with a Guy in His Periwinkle Gremlin" by redwitch (insert actual name here).
I always like to take the most insane ludicrous lines like that and contemplate them for the title to my threatened autobiography.
redwitch
(14,952 posts)btrflykng9
(287 posts)PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)redwitch
(14,952 posts)Damn funny lookin' car no matter the color.
PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)had a sunroof too. Big old engine in it so it could really haul ass if it had to! My sister totaled it, broke her nose...
lastlib
(23,352 posts)redwitch
(14,952 posts)I was a devoted Dr. Demento fan!
lastlib
(23,352 posts)...I was a huge Dr. D fan in college in the 70s.
(never understood why it wasn't a Funny-Fiver, but then, neither was the Ballad of Irving very often--go figure...)
redwitch
(14,952 posts)Love that song.
lastlib
(23,352 posts)("When that train rolled in at the crack of dawn,
Irving's gun was there, but Irving was gone!"
. . . . . . . . .
sarge43
(28,946 posts)redwitch
(14,952 posts)Confessed and absolved and have promised to go and sin no more. :
lastlib
(23,352 posts)not much fun, but you're good.
redwitch
(14,952 posts)Harumph! Grumble, grumble.
lastlib
(23,352 posts)(just my mean snarky side coming out....it does that a lot!)
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)I had the baby car seat in the small backseat. When he lost his muffler on a back road, I would cry and plug my ears because it was SO loud back there! Yes, I remember that car, lol, because of losing the darn muffler.
BTW if I confessed to everything I did when I was young and drunk, we'd be here awhile. Let's just say it was fun times and I'm glad I grew out of it, LOL.
redwitch
(14,952 posts)I am also happy I grew out of it!