Rickshaws: one way to beat rising gas prices
Satire
Rising gas prices have had an unintended consequence in the automobile sales market: high-end customers are trading in their Hummers for rickshaws.
"It's basically an economic decision," said Steve Braeton of Solomon's Rickshaw. Hummer drivers are sick and tired two dollars and fifty cents just to drive 6 miles. Besides, the rickshaw is really a status symbol. By hiring a barefoot man to wheel you to and from work speaks to your place in the world."
The only real complaint from new rickshaw owners is that the commute seems to be a little slower. "I'm thinking of investing in a second driver," said Carlton Rucker one customer who traded in his Hummer H2 for a rickshaw. "But then for the price of two drivers, I might as well buy my Hummer back."
Both the Kerry and Bush campaigns praised the surge in rickshaws as a "healthy means of reducing our dependence on foreign oil" (Kerry) and "sign that this nation is committed to finding alternative fuels that help in the war on terror."
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Rising gas prices have had an unintended consequence in the automobile sales market: high-end customers are trading in their Hummers for rickshaws.
"It's basically an economic decision," said Steve Braeton of Solomon's Rickshaw. Hummer drivers are sick and tired two dollars and fifty cents just to drive 6 miles. Besides, the rickshaw is really a status symbol. By hiring a barefoot man to wheel you to and from work speaks to your place in the world."
The only real complaint from new rickshaw owners is that the commute seems to be a little slower. "I'm thinking of investing in a second driver," said Carlton Rucker one customer who traded in his Hummer H2 for a rickshaw. "But then for the price of two drivers, I might as well buy my Hummer back."
Both the Kerry and Bush campaigns praised the surge in rickshaws as a "healthy means of reducing our dependence on foreign oil" (Kerry) and "sign that this nation is committed to finding alternative fuels that help in the war on terror."
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