The Finch Formerly Known As Gold

24 May 2006

Let me take you down

Here we are, well into Century Twenty-One, and I still occasionally ask myself "Where the hell are the flying cars?"

The answer, to my surprise and his, comes from Lileks' beloved Gnat:

"When I was a kid, today was my future."

She thought about that for a while, then smiled, and honest to God, she laughed and said:

"You thought you were going to have flying cars!"

I almost drove off the road.

"What?"

"Oh nothing. That's just a thing in the future on shows, cars in the skies. But it's really not real."

"Nothing is real," said Lennon. But neither Lennon nor Gnat would countenance getting hung about it.

Posted at 7:22 AM to Almost Yogurt


I do too ask that question- where are they? I hate to think that The Jetsons were just a cartoon ;)

Posted by: Diane at 9:27 AM on 24 May 2006

Oddly, I had a Jetsons reference in this item, but deleted it at the last minute. (Something about Judy wanting to borrow George's car for the first time.)

Posted by: CGHill at 9:42 AM on 24 May 2006

The hell with the flying cars! Where's my ray gun?

Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at 4:54 PM on 24 May 2006

Where's my holosuite?

Posted by: McGehee at 10:40 PM on 24 May 2006