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The Best of Car Talk

#2532: We Few, We Happy Few

The Best of Car Talk

NPR

Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.816.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In auto repair, as in all great endeavors, little is gained without sacrifice(preferably, someone else's). Click and Clack cajole a couple of car owners to join their merry band of car-wrecking-brothers on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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0:00.0

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0:04.4

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0:43.3

Hello and welcome to Kairalk from National Public Radio with us Click and Clack the Tapper Brothers,

0:47.8

and we're broadcasting this week from the Department of Civility here at Carataw Plaza.

0:49.4

Read the letter, will you, jerk?

0:54.3

Well, it's more than civility, actually.

0:58.9

This is from Tom Burke, B-O-U-R-Q-U-E.

1:00.2

Bork, I would say.

1:00.6

Bork.

1:01.1

Yeah.

1:02.5

Deahuzits.

1:03.7

Rhymes with a jorke.

1:05.7

Dear Houssits.

1:09.7

I've just read a bunch of letters sent to you guys, and I noticed that almost without exception, the letter

1:11.0

writers insulted you. He noticed that. I think that is mighty rude of them, so I'd like to

1:16.5

address a few words to those mean-spirited letter writers. Dear mean-spirited letter writers,

1:23.2

just because it's true, do you tell your spouse that he or she is fat and ugly? Just because it's true, do you tell your spouse that he or she is fat and ugly?

1:28.5

Just because it's true, do you tell you a bastard he's a moron?

1:31.8

Just because it's true, do you look at yourself in the mirror and say you must be the most pathetic, worthless human being on the planet?

1:37.6

Of course not.

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