#2427: The Guy Test

The Best of Car Talk

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Automotive, Leisure, Comedy

4.7 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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A few shows back, Click and Clack remarked that guys have a need to do stupid things sometimes -like driving through blinding snowstorms in order to pick up a few extra lightbulbs. And wouldn't you know that a PHD somewhere has seen fit to measure 'Guy-ness' with a quick, multiple-answer quiz. Find out if you're a 'real guy' on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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0:00.0	This message comes from NPR sponsor Organic Valley, a co-op of small organic family farms dedicated to producing food that promotes respect for the dignity and interdependence of all life.
0:11.0	Discover their milk at ovae. coop slash ethically sourced. Hello and welcome to Car Talk on National Public Radio with us
0:35.7	click and clack to Tappert brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the
0:38.9	Department of Amore here in Kartok Plaza.
0:43.0	I hope you remember Valentine's Day.
0:46.0	Did you remember February 14th?
0:48.0	Of course I remember.
0:49.0	What do you think I am?
0:50.0	You?
0:51.0	By the way, don't forget your anniversary. It's only eight months away. You? didn't get her another dust bustle like it did last year. No, no, no, no.
1:03.7	I learned my lesson last year.
1:05.2	This year, I went all out.
1:06.6	All out, yeah.
1:07.8	What'd you get her?
1:08.7	Shop vac.
1:09.4	She likes that, huh?
1:13.0	Sharpback.
1:14.0	She's supposed to get the message that you love her because you bought her a Shop vac?
1:17.0	It's five and a half horsepower, man.
1:19.0	Oh, you should hear this thing.
1:23.0	Yeah? The whole neighborhood knows when she's vacuuming.
1:25.0	She... Well that way, actually a shop vac is good because it does liquids.
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