I have a confession.

[redwitch]

I once made out with a guy in his periwinkle Gremlin. I was young. And drunk.


Good night DU!



I can't wait to read the replies to this in the AM!

[pinboy3niner]

1. Periwinkle?

What the hell were you THINKING?

[redwitch]

15. I was young! And drunk!

I wasn't thinking at all!

LOL!

[In_The_Wind]

2. Oh gosh.

Is periwinkle considered flamebait?

[redwitch]

16. I see you have your popcorn ready just in case.

"fleshtone" maybe. Periwinkle is a nice color. Just not on one of the ugliest cars ever made.

[In_The_Wind]

25. I've been taking the large size popcorn with me.

From forum to forum and group to group. [img][/img]
I never know where I'll be lurking.

I've managed to avoid buying blue cars except for one antique mercedes.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear redwitch...

You haven't lived until you've made out with a guy, esp. one in a periwinkle Gremlin!

Good for you!

[madinmaryland]

4. Say what???? Did he have gnarly shit on his weenie OR...

you did it with him in this...



At least you didn't do it in my mil's car...

[redwitch]

17. I never saw his weenie!

I like your MIL's car though.

[siligut]

5. There has to be something about this guy . . .

If he is still on your mind.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9231934
Sun Jan-31-10 07:41 PM
Response to Reply #61

Periwinkle Gremlin.
Honest to God, he drove a periwinkle Gremlin. And I don't want to talk about it.

Hope you slept well.

[redwitch]

24. I can't remember what he looks like.

But I will never forget his car!


Are you writing my biography? Or are you my first stalker?

[siligut]

30. First stalker? Oh, no, of course not . . . I am in good company.

Seriously, I was searching DU2 for the naked pictures Hunter mentioned in the pic thread and I came across your old post.

Not really, those pictures are probably long gone, I just googled "Periwinkle Gremlin" and the link was the first one I think.

[hunter]

6. Please, please, don't let it be that guy...

... he's a Prosperity Christian now and it was his mom's car.

He was at my tenth high school reunion.

I fled.

[redwitch]

18. I never heard of prosperity Christians.

That is bizarre!

[Art_from_Ark]

38. I went to a church like that once

The minister must have been taking Janis Joplin's song a little too seriously, because in one sermon he quoted a part of it almost word for word: "Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?" And according to him, the Lord granted his wish.

[malthaussen]

7. I wanted a periwinkle Gremlin...

... but I wound up buying a Pinto painted You're-in Yellow.

-- Mal

[femmocrat]

9. I did too!

But I ended up with a royal blue VW Rabbit. (Husband didn't go for the Gremlin.) The Rabbit was great in the snow, but had all kinds of electrical problems.

This was around 1976, I think?

[redwitch]

19. I think you win!

You're in Yellow!

[LiberalEsto]

8. I once had to borrow my boss's yellow Gremlin

It was the color of American cheese, and the windows were horribly disconcerting. I was mortified to even be seen driving it.

This was during the gas crisis in the mid-1970s when people could only buy gas on odd or even days depending on the last digit of your license plate. My own VW Rabbit had barely enough gas to coast home. I needed to get to an assignment so Chuck lent me his "car" thing.

I didn't even know periwinkle Gremlins existed.

[femmocrat]

10. I think this is the color:

C'mon! It's cute! LOL

[LiberalEsto]

11. Color's not bad.

The shape is something else.

[redwitch]

26. That's the car!

LOL! It is kinda cute!

[redwitch]

20. I remember those days very well.

I used to run out of gas in my tan VW bug. Gas gauge broken but people used to laugh at me for running out.

[btrflykng9]

12. Sounds like the start to a story or a poem...or perhaps the title of your autobiography?

"I Once Made Out with a Guy in His Periwinkle Gremlin" by redwitch (insert actual name here).



I always like to take the most insane ludicrous lines like that and contemplate them for the title to my threatened autobiography.

[redwitch]

21. I do that too!

[btrflykng9]

31. Great minds...

[PasadenaTrudy]

13. We had a blue Gremlin! n/t

[redwitch]

22. Blue? Or periwinkle?

Damn funny lookin' car no matter the color.

[PasadenaTrudy]

29. Blue with white stripes...

had a sunroof too. Big old engine in it so it could really haul ass if it had to! My sister totaled it, broke her nose...

[lastlib]

14. can it be any worse than this?

[redwitch]

23. Why have I never heard this before?

I was a devoted Dr. Demento fan!

[lastlib]

32. I only heard it a few times myself, and....

...I was a huge Dr. D fan in college in the 70s.

(never understood why it wasn't a Funny-Fiver, but then, neither was the Ballad of Irving very often--go figure...)

[redwitch]

35. The 122nd fastest gun in the west Irving?

Love that song.

[lastlib]

37. yup, THAT Irving!

("When that train rolled in at the crack of dawn,
Irving's gun was there, but Irving was gone!&quot

. . . . . . . . .

[sarge43]

27. Periwinkle Gremlin?! You still should be doing The Walk of Shame n/t

[redwitch]

28. Nah, I'm a Catlick.

Confessed and absolved and have promised to go and sin no more. :

[lastlib]

33. oh, well, you're good, then--

not much fun, but you're good.

[redwitch]

34. I am too fun!

Harumph! Grumble, grumble.

[lastlib]

36. (I stand corrected)!

(just my mean snarky side coming out....it does that a lot!)

[laundry_queen]

39. When I was a toddler my dad owned a 'souped up' black Gremlin with racing stripes

I had the baby car seat in the small backseat. When he lost his muffler on a back road, I would cry and plug my ears because it was SO loud back there! Yes, I remember that car, lol, because of losing the darn muffler.

BTW if I confessed to everything I did when I was young and drunk, we'd be here awhile. Let's just say it was fun times and I'm glad I grew out of it, LOL.

[redwitch]

40. Fun times indeed!

I am also happy I grew out of it!