six air bags

[faceless_wonder]

i saw an ad for a Toyota this evening that pointed out that seven air bags came standard with the car.

i feel vindicated.

on the first day of a microeconomics class i took third year of undergrad, we were learning about cost-benefit analysis. the professor surveyed the class, asking how many air bags we would want to have in a car. he started with one, and counted up. this class had about eighty people in it--and i was the only one in the class who raised her hand when he asked who would pay for six or more air bags in a car.

i was the only one who raised a hand. the professor asked what i was thinking. i explained that i would want one for the driver, one for the passenger, and one side-impact air bag in each door--hence, six for a four-door car. the professor thought i was nuts. my classmates thought i was nuts. in that class, i was known as six air bags for the rest of the semester.

a car now comes standard with seven. who's crazy now?

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[brokenbubble.livejournal.com]

not to worry, i'm sure sanderson wouldn't let a little thing like the law come between him and his economic theory