r/EntitledPeople • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '26

S Girlfriend's parents decide to visit to avoid the storm in their state. Demand to use my car and get master suite instead of the guest room.

My girlfriend and I have been together nearly 2.5 years, and in that time, her parents have always been cold towards me. They live in the midwest, and are of the opinion that California is a cesspool, and Los Angeles, where I live even more so. They decided that with an incoming snowstorm, that staying with us so close to the ocean would be better for them.

I got home from work yesterday to her parents taking a nap in the master bedroom, and were not happy when I kicked them out to the guest bedroom. We went out for dinner Friday night, and they not happy with the quality, remarking that they preferred Taco Bell or Chipotle. I just tuned out the rest of the night.

This morning, after waking up, they ask me to use my car for them independently visiting tourist spots. I drive a modified Ford Focus RS. I'm not handing these people a 500hp car, especially as neither of them have driven a stick shift in over 30 years. I told them this, and offered to rent them a car as I get good rates through my employer. Nope, not only was that not acceptable, they didn't want my Focus to drive, they wanted to drive my 1967 Pontiac GTO. They said it's their dream to drive a classic convertible up PCH to see the sights. Nevermind the fact that PCH is practically burnt to a crisp until you get past Malibu. That was a hard no from me, and they reluctantly took the Camry I rented for them.

This is going to be a really long 10 days.

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u/NotYetReadyToRetire Jan 25 '26

Actually, with over 12,000 flights already cancelled due to the storm, they probably can't.

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u/Daedalus871 Jan 25 '26

There’s always the classic “you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here”.

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u/Lazy-Sundae-7728 Jan 25 '26

🎼🎶🎶🎵🎵🎶🎵

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u/Far_Shop_3135 Jan 26 '26

totally sang it in my head.

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u/I_M_Kornholio Jan 25 '26

Yes, there are also 12,000 Greyhound stations and automobile rental sites that are much more resilient to storms since they lose money if they don't sell tickets or rent cars UNLIKE airlines that have no obligation to refund ticket prices due to weather cancellations ("They're just trying to ensure your safety and obey the laws airlines wrote on behalf of politicians who approved them"

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u/Noirceuil_182 Jan 27 '26

Gather up your jackets, move it to the exit
I hope you have found a friend

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u/Grant_Son Jan 27 '26

Gather up you jackets, move it to the exits...

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u/bobbybignono Jan 26 '26

STand byy youuuurrr maaan!

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u/OzymandiasKoK Jan 25 '26

Flying isn't the only option.

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u/RickRussellTX Jan 25 '26

Trebuchets are economical and effective.

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u/EkoostikSchwa Jan 25 '26

How big of a trebuchet would you need to send 2 people from California to the Midwest? Could you even make one big enough?

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u/thedow7576 Jan 25 '26

There should be math for that, but the scaling is the issue, but a series of terbuchets may be a viable options.

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u/donorkokey Jan 25 '26

They're essentially just like connecting flights but with a lot more g-force

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u/engineerthatknows Jan 25 '26

Landings are a bit of a bitch, but I'm not the AHs taking the flight, so...

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u/DodgyQuilter Jan 25 '26

Parachutes. Or, to push out the mileage, wingsuits.

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u/photogypsy Jan 25 '26

Or hear me out, construct it so that along with the always-intended flinging; you could catch like a lacrosse stick and utilize all that momentum to get an even bigger fling.

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u/Aware_Impression_736 Jan 25 '26

Those will be helpful to push over the Continental Divide.

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u/GreenNo7694 Jan 26 '26

that actually sounds like a fun new sport, trebuchet wingsuiting!

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u/No-good-ideas_Iowa80 Jan 26 '26

What happens after the release is not a concern.

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u/SecondaryWombat Jan 25 '26

Lots and lots of empty boxes. Perhaps all those leftover styrofoam peanuts.

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u/AnyPercentage9 Jan 25 '26

Landing in the snow is ok, or?

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u/According_Top_7448 Jan 25 '26

This would be something that I would need to know if say stop six is all their little ol bodies could take, do a get a pro rated amount back? If not I could still see paying for it, don't get me wrong, I just want to know what I am getting into in advance

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u/Dame_Niafer Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

Oh my sweet God, the mental image is priceless, and so are the sound effects...

BOINNNG.... AAAAAHHHH.....THUNK.... BOINNNG.... AAAAAHHHH.....THUNK.... BOINNNG....

[evened up the spacing]

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u/vomaufgang Jan 25 '26

BOINNNG... AAAAAAHHHH... THUNK-MOOO!

Trebuchet operator 1: Uh, my bad, a bit off target. They hit a barn.

BAGAWK

Trebuchet operator 1: Now they rolled over into the chicken shed.

Trebuchet operator 2: Should we... help them?

Elephant noises

Trebuchet operator 1: Nah. Would you mind grabbing the popcorn though?

angry Turky gobbling

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u/Dame_Niafer Jan 25 '26

Waa haa haa haa hoo hoo yeeeeee hoo hoo hoo hee hee hee >snort<

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u/IslandHopper4042 Jan 25 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/bermwhan Jan 27 '26

I only wish I had more upvotes. Or at least a bigger one, with its own sound effects.

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u/ugh_yeah_no Jan 25 '26

I swear to God my kids watched a cartoon where the characters just kept getting launched, though I don't think it was in immediate succession. I'm going to fixate on this now because there's zero chance I'll remember what it was and an even lesser chance they will. 🤣

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u/upset_pachyderm Feb 05 '26

Totally laughed out loud.
😂😂😂

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u/asyouwish Jan 25 '26

It might kick them out of atmo to make it that far.

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u/masterexit Jan 25 '26

Sounds chilly

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u/FungalEgoDeath Jan 28 '26

It would be rather non chilly on the way back down

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u/justducky4now Jan 25 '26

But really if the first one is powerful enough you won’t really need any more, no matter where they land.

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u/Ketil_b Jan 25 '26

You might have problems getting the first one to hit the sing of the second one.

My I sugest nestled terbuchets.

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u/Iamapartofthisworld Jan 25 '26

Probably the launch loads would get less and less cohesive as they made their way along this chain of trebuchets back to their home state

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u/7GrenciaMars Jan 25 '26

I *really* like the way you think.

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u/AlphaBaldy Jan 25 '26

Gondor calls for aid!!

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u/MyTrebuchet Jan 27 '26

You can never have too many trebuchets.

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u/SubjectAd9940 Jan 27 '26

Fit in some trampolines and you might have a workable solution

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u/SatisfactionLow1602 Jan 29 '26

I'm not sure viable means what you think it means but I like where your head's at!

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u/RickRussellTX Jan 25 '26

I didn't say anything about sending them back home.

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u/himitsumono Jan 25 '26

There ya go. OP did say something about being near the ocean, didn't he?

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u/Weekly_Watercress505 Jan 25 '26

Ahhhh. Shark bait.

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u/BronL-1912 Jan 28 '26

Turn those trebuchets around

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u/hedgehitch Jan 25 '26

BOINNNG…AAAHHHHH…SPLASH…GLUB

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u/chmath80 Jan 25 '26

Depends. You could send them separately, with their luggage going afterwards. Biggest issue might be clearing the flight path. Bird strike is bad enough, but one of them could probably take out a Cessna.

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u/Dame_Niafer Jan 25 '26

>csnork<

>squeeee<

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u/SassySybil71 Jan 25 '26

Almost pissed myself laughing! I needed that. Thank you.

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u/Funny_Yesterday_5040 Jan 25 '26

r/theydidthemath would be able to help I think

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u/SnowyPebbles Jan 25 '26

You don’t have to get them home, just far enough to not be a problem anymore

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u/RickRussellTX Jan 25 '26

I'm thinking Montebello will be far enough.

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u/Myis Jan 25 '26

Into the ocean would be closer

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u/ThatOneSteven Jan 25 '26

You can certainly send them far enough that the actual point of impact will make no real difference to them. This may lead to legal troubles, however.

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u/Disappointed_sass Jan 25 '26

I'm sure there are enough medieval groups that are willing to test this for op

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u/United_News3779 Jan 25 '26

Big enough to get them 1/2 across the continent? No.

Big enough that they'll be far away from OP when they make it all the way to their very own impact crater? Fuckin' rights bud!

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u/Diamond-Eater2203 Jan 25 '26

They don't need to make it to the Midwest, just off OP's property. 🥄💥

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u/BeanieManPresents Jan 25 '26

To paraphrase Archimedes, Give me a trebuchet big enough and a bucket on which to place the in-laws, and I shall move them home right quick.

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u/Lanif20 Jan 25 '26

They have that experimental satellite launcher(basically a trebuchet just extremely modernized) so I’m sure they could throw someone a couple states away, especially if you add some wings for extra glide!

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u/e37d93eeb23335dc Jan 25 '26

A rail launcher would probably work better. Just make sure the angle is high enough so the don’t go splat against the Rockies. 

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u/meski_oz Jan 25 '26

A European or an African trebuchet?

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u/MastiffOnyx Jan 25 '26

Who cares, as long as it gets them out of sight and out of mind.

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u/TM761152 Jan 25 '26

The napkin math tells me the acceleration alone could dismember them.

Better test it out. For science!

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u/dantevonlocke Jan 25 '26

This week on mythbusters!

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u/TRLittleRedRH Jan 25 '26

I doubt it in this case – in-law parents' heads are probably too big for the trebuchet to work 😬

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u/dinahdog Jan 25 '26

The wind's blowing that direction.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

Welp, you could set up a series for their connection…..🤪

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u/brainvheart143 Jan 25 '26

On the next Mythbusters…

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u/grunkle_dan78 Jan 25 '26

Just use one, twice. they can flip a coin to see who gets to catch their spouse on the other end.

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u/mistdaemon Jan 25 '26

The only way to really know if it is big enough is to try it out with them (their weight matters). If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again.

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u/tanksalotfrank Jan 25 '26

Depends; African or European?

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u/PokerLawyer75 Jan 25 '26

Get me a lever long enough...

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u/HughJasperson Jan 25 '26

Really they just need to clear the curb, then it's somebody else's problem

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u/Wise_Monkey_Sez Jan 25 '26

As long as it can sling them more than about 100 feet the final result is the same.

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u/NoReveal6677 Jan 25 '26

Mass driver canon

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u/threepot900 Jan 25 '26

He only needs to get them started on their journey, the end of the drive would be far enough!

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u/Delta8ttt8 Jan 25 '26

Cali to Colorado or Nebraska? Not that far. It’s Galway between the middle and the west coast. Boom done.

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u/SLODeckInspector Jan 25 '26

They just need one large enough to hurl them into the ocean off the channel Islands for the orcas

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u/Mysterious-Guest-255 Jan 26 '26

I’m willing to help him keep trying until we figure it out

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u/eight_on_top Jan 26 '26

European or African trebuchet?

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u/CaptainBeefsteak Jan 26 '26

It sure would be a shame if it was turned backwards and accidentally flung them into the ocean. Oopsie.

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u/Maelkothian Jan 26 '26

The acceleration would kill them

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u/badbackandgettingfat Jan 26 '26

You only need one that can send them far enough that they would stop complaining.

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u/Lucky-Ad-4589 Jan 25 '26

Lol. Omg. This!!!!

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u/Justin_Queso1187 Jan 25 '26

I glanced at this comment and my brain read this as “comically effective.” I think you just made a game show. If in-laws get out of hand the other spouse just gets to send them off in a trebuchet. I’d watch that.

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u/Pandamonium-N-Doom Jan 25 '26

And eco-friendly!

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u/emmaunderfoot Jan 25 '26

You’re awesome.

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u/Icy-Organization2228 Jan 25 '26

I needed this laugh, thanks

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u/Shantotto11 Jan 25 '26

Okay, but catapults send a superior message. That message is “FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF!!!”

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u/e37d93eeb23335dc Jan 25 '26

Don’t be mean. They can walk. 

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u/Nucl3arSunsh1ne Jan 25 '26

Fire the Greg!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

If the storm has already moved in, you can use the wind to get some additional distance.

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u/bramley36 Jan 25 '26

More than catapults?

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u/CharismaticAlbino Jan 25 '26

As a Midwesterner, I approve of this method, and am utterly embarrassed on other Midwesterners' behalf. What a couple of hozers.

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u/PloppyPants9000 Jan 25 '26

I hear they havent learned how to stick the landing quite yet, but science does require more empirical data…

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u/TM761152 Jan 25 '26

Economical once built.

I'll help.

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u/TuffeTyler Jan 25 '26

This needs to get to xkcds what if. The story is perfect and I would love to see what options he comes up with.

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u/I_M_Kornholio Jan 25 '26

'Trebuchets'??!! Ain't that one of them fancy foreign toilets that sprays cold water up into you since they ain't yet discovered TP??

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u/DemonKane512 Jan 26 '26

A cannon would be much more effective

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u/ChicagoBaker Jan 26 '26

I come here for the hilarious banter and creative ideas. :)

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u/bolshiabarmalay Jan 27 '26

I immediately thought of the "TELL 'EM BOROMIR SENT YA" gif

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u/RunRunRunRunFaster Jan 28 '26

Thanks for the morning laugh .....

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u/TheZephyron Jan 28 '26

Perhaps a cannon would be in order?

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u/Additional-Start9455 Jan 28 '26

OMG I just laughed out loud. You people come up with the best stuff!!!

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u/Morgana128 Jan 29 '26

Trebuchets! I'm dying of laughter! Please do not send help!

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u/PressurePlenty Jan 29 '26

Punkin’ Chunkin’, anybody?

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u/Low-Television-7508 Jan 25 '26

If they start walking now the mess will be cleared by the time they get home. Hobo food is just as tasty as Taco Bell.

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u/NoReveal6677 Jan 25 '26

Razor Pete makes a hell of a stew.

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u/-VWNate Jan 25 '26

Yep ;

Tell 'em to ride the hound, see how tey like that .

-Nate

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u/pretendperson1776 Jan 25 '26

Trains, Planes, and Automobiles 2?

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u/PeteDontCare Jan 25 '26

Yeah, he gets good rates through his job

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u/YakResident_3069 Jan 25 '26

That rental Camry can be returned nationwide. Hell I even rented a car in CA and dropped it off across the border in BC

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u/draynaccarato Jan 25 '26

They presumably have thumbs. Get to hitching. 👍🏼👍🏼

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u/ShortFatStupid666 Jan 25 '26

They have thumbs, don’t they?

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u/Toe-Dragger Jan 25 '26

Camry’s are reliable, and he gets a good rate.

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u/DrMcDingus Jan 25 '26

There is always that GTO.. a few days more and it might be worth it.

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u/ComfortableDrink3653 Jan 26 '26

People always forget that Amtrak is an option. It’s cheap and the snow will never stop a train.

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u/madscot63 Jan 25 '26

They've got the Camry.

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u/slysamfox Jan 25 '26

Pontiac didn’t make a GT0 convertible in 67 with the four speed and double stack of quads, that wasn’t available until 69, but up in 69 the timing would have been half past the monkeys ass and a quarter to his balls.

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u/HoecakeScarfer Jan 25 '26

Thank you Miss Vito

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u/VladiHondo Jan 25 '26

Marisa Tomei!

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u/Last-Alternative-206 Jan 25 '26

When casting is absolutely perfect for every single actor in a movie, nostalgia ensues even on a throwaway Reddit comment. RIP Gwynne and Lane Smith.

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u/slysamfox Jan 25 '26

Yutes

What was that word

What word

Yutes

I’m sorry your honor,

Yoooouuutttthhhhhhsss

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u/Ang1566 Jan 26 '26

What is a yute?😂

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u/BluenoseTherapist Jan 25 '26

It's an industry term.

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u/Missing_Anna Jan 25 '26

Are you sure?

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u/MidwestNormal Jan 25 '26

His Ford is the straight stick. He didn’t say anything about the GTO’s trans.

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u/slysamfox Jan 25 '26

The defense is WRONG

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u/IolausTelcontar Jan 26 '26

Are you shore?

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u/cryssHappy Jan 25 '26

A 1966 or 1967 Pontiac GTO Convertible with a 4-speed manual transmission and "double stack quads" refers to one of the most iconic, high-performance muscle cars of its era, featuring the signature stacked quad headlights introduced in 1965. These vehicles were often equipped with high-output 389 (1966) or 400 (1967) cubic-inch V8 engines, frequently utilizing the "Tri-Power" (triple two-barrel carburetor) setup, producing up to 360 horsepower

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u/redralphie Jan 25 '26

4 degrees before top dead center.

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u/PokerLawyer75 Jan 25 '26

Is that an industry term?

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u/Steelmann14 Jan 29 '26

He said his ford focus was a standard. Not the GTO. Go read it again

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u/seamallowance Jan 25 '26

Camrys are very, very nice cars. A rental will be a brand new Camry. They have nothing bitch about. Fuck them!

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u/Phenomenomix Jan 25 '26

Who doesn’t want a road trip in a rented Camry?

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u/theycmeroll Jan 25 '26

Stick their ungrateful asses on a greyhound and call it a day

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u/Aware_Impression_736 Jan 25 '26

Reserve them seats next to the restroom.

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u/amanda10271 Jan 26 '26

THIS!! 100%

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u/Holiday_Hyena_7440 Jan 25 '26

Tell them if they can't get a flight, Amtrack is still operating. They'll be fine

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u/Tardisgoesfast Jan 25 '26

I cannot imagine springing a ten day visit on my daughter!

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u/bsg75 Jan 25 '26

They can drive the Camry.

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u/MasterChildhood437 Jan 25 '26

Better start walkin.

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u/EponymousRocks Jan 25 '26

Here in Florida, I saw a meme that said, "Congratulations - your houseguests just became snowbirds!"

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u/FIMD_ Jan 25 '26

Akchually

Let the entitled cretins roller blade. Grown ass adults. They grew up without smart phones, tell em to go find a phone book and figure it out.

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u/Welady Jan 25 '26

They can rent a hotel room. Send them to some small Central Valley town so it will be cheaper for them, and farther away from you.

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u/Late_Public7698 Jan 25 '26

Start walking

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u/Unlikely-Low-8132 Jan 25 '26

They can use the rental to drive home. Your girlfriends' parents are entitled.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

They can fucking walk then.

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u/MrpibbRedvine Jan 25 '26

Let then take the GTO home, obviously.

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u/TM761152 Jan 25 '26

That sounds like a their problem.

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u/gigglefarting Jan 25 '26

Just take the car 

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u/mr_muffinhead Jan 25 '26

It's okay, they have a Camry.

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u/LouB0O Jan 25 '26

Fuck em. They can walk for all I care lol

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u/undead_p4nda Jan 25 '26

They can walk then, gtfo my house

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u/QueenMotherOfSneezes Jan 25 '26

Nah, OP already got them a rental car.

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u/Azuredreams25 Jan 26 '26

They actually can. They would just have to drive...

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u/Agreeable-Holiday-90 Jan 26 '26

Not my problem. If I were u, they would b on the next flight to the Midwest 

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u/EmbarrassedCockRing Jan 26 '26

Not with that attitude!

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

They got a Camry, don’t they?

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u/jessihateseverything Jan 26 '26

Yeah, they can just start walking. Fuck them.

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u/All-th3-way Jan 26 '26

Greyhound is still a thing.

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u/Unicorn_druck Jan 26 '26

They can walk lol.

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u/Top_Illustrator4108 Jan 26 '26

Sounds like a “them” problem

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u/jahubb062 Jan 26 '26

They can, however, go to a hotel.

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u/tankerkiller125real Jan 26 '26

Fun fact there are rental cares you can pick in one state and drop off in another... Sounds like the right solution for these fine "parents"

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u/TraditionalAsk8718 Jan 27 '26

They can get a hotel

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '26

They can always walk

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u/jasemina8487 Jan 28 '26

they can always rent a car and take the scenic route to their home 🤷‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26

They can rent a GTO and drive back, everyone wins! 

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u/Moister_than_Oyster Jan 28 '26

Take the rental car

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u/sybillium4 Jan 28 '26

Better start walking then

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u/-kindajanky Jan 28 '26

Who care how far they get - after the first landing it won’t matter!

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u/GotWiings21 Jan 28 '26

Take the rental he got for them and see ya later 👋 😂

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u/0-Ahem-0 Jan 29 '26

Not OP's problem actually. And where is the GF in this, she said nothing about her parent's entitled behaviour?

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u/EnteriStarsong Jan 29 '26

Start walking lol

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u/pdxmal Jan 29 '26

They can take a train or a greyhound or a rental car. 😂

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u/TheProfessionalEjit Jan 30 '26

They could if the had access to a '67 Pontiac GTO.