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#1443: Men Who Pick


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Original Air Date: 10.25.2014

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This week on Car Talk, Jill has noticed a raft of men picking their noses in their cars. Is this topic too juvenile and tasteless even for Tom and Ray? Are you kidding? Tune in as they dive deep to try to explain why a man’s car is his nostril's sanctuary. In matters a bit more serious, Paul’s car is smoking like a chimney,and he’s hoping to find the right additive cocktail that will get it through to spring; Bernie and Rollie’s test drive at a dealer ended with an encounter with a light pole, and now the dealer is trying to get them to pay for the damage; and is Jenny or her budding bryologist fiance right about her Civic’s starting problem? All this and lots more, this week on Car Talk.

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Segment 1
Show Open: William C. Mertz checks in again.

Segment 2
Time to experiment with kerosene or pellets, Paul.

Segment 3
Life without 3rd gear.

Segment 4
Puzzler Answer: Driving in Texas.

Segment 5
Bryology this, pal!

Segment 6
Please tell me what I want to do is what I should do.

Segment 7
New Puzzler: Biff and Skip pain the carousel.

Segment 8
Unencumbered by the employment process, how do I introduce my car to Winter?

Segment 9
Male picking syndrome.


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They just need feedback

by 1963_Falcon

Since the caller is so upset about this, she should make up a big sign that she could put up on the passenger side of the front window when she found herself at that intersection. It should say,"I see you picking your nose" They think no one sees them, right? I think they would appreciate the information.

James Cagney poem written for Humphrey Bogart

by GilderBoss

“In this little town of ours, people see all sorts of primps and poses… but movie stars in fancy cars shouldn’t pick their famous noses.”

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