Dodge accommodates kayak - in the advert anyway
Chris Thompson of Rothesay Bay says the TV ad for the Dodge Journey SXT 3.6 automatic shows a happy couple unloading their double kayak from the back of the vehicle. "The Dodge website says this vehicle is 16 feet long [4.9m], bumper to bumper," he explains. "The smallest double kayak I can find is 4.5m. So does a) the kayak sit behind the front seats and hang out the back by about 3m, or b) the car has no windscreen and the kayak goes the full length and only hangs out the back by 40cm?"
Chuckle, and a prize, for worst Bad Sex description
Since 1993, the Literary Review has presented the Bad Sex in Fiction Award to a published author who has produced a really cringe-worthy scene of sexual description, in an otherwise good novel. The winner will be announced tomorrow, but this from Ethan Canin's A Doubter's Almanac is Sideswipe's pick to win. "The act itself was fervent. Like a brisk tennis game or a summer track meet, something performed in daylight between competitors. The cheap mattress bounced. She liked to do it more than once, and he was usually able to comply. Bourbon was his gasoline. Between sessions, he poured it at the counter while she lay panting on the sheets. Sweat burnished her body. The lean neck. The surprisingly full breasts. He would down another glass and return."
