"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Doug Kanter" > wrote:
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>> "Dan Abel" > wrote in message
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>> > Her mother served up some kind of lunch. I asked if there was any
>> > mustard. Her mother brought the mustard. It had obviously only been
>> > used once or twice, since it was full. It was a little tiny jar of
>> > yellow mustard. I looked at the "use by" date on the bottom. It had
>> > passed ten years ago!
>>
>> Did her parents own a Dodge Dart?
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> I am *so* embarrassed, just terribly. The Dodge Dart and the Plymouth
> Valiant were clones, as I remember. They were virtually identical.
> They owned a Valiant. My wife's brother inherited it. He sold it to my
> wife. We drove it for most of a year. I didn't like that car, but for
> no good reason. I think it was partly because it didn't have one single
> body panel that wasn't bashed in. My MIL was not a good driver.

This explains a lot. You took the car because it was cheap. But, her parents
got it because they thought it was just right. "Oh my...we wouldn't want
anything too snazzy.....that could lead to dancing". Same with the mustard.