Posted on 05/27/2004 4:53:34 AM PDT by StrictTime
On a forthcoming cover, actors Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller and Snoop Dogg preen in their Starsky & Hutch best, while for a previous issue basketball player Kobe Bryant posed sitting on the bumper of his canary-yellow Lamborghini Murcielago. Then there's rapper Lil' Kim, who modeled for her cover in a minidress zipped down to her navel, her Mercedes-Benz G500 peeking through in the background.
The magazine in question isn't Rolling Stone, People or even Maxim. It's Dub, a niche car periodical with a tiny paid circulation that has nevertheless become the bible of the urban automotive subculture devoted to 20-inch-plus spinners -- the outrageously flashy oversize wheels that pop up in nearly every MTV rap video -- and the hip-hop attitude they connote...
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LOL!
The supermarket should catch on to this to make the shopping experience more interesting. Let's see.
1) paint all carts with metal flake lacquer. Add some body panels so that you can include body striping and some airbrushed murals.
2) Gold-plated wire spoked wheels.
3) White wall tyres.
4) A really kick-a$$ stereo system. Okay, this means that the shopping cart will need a car battery.
5) Some hydraulics.
6) leather-wrapped cart handle.
7) Thick, white shag carpet lining for the basket portion of the cart.
Just some ideas off the top of my head.
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