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Comment author: CronoDAS 27 March 2013 12:55:37AM *  10 points [-]

Homer Simpson pointed this out in 1991.

Homer: All right, you eggheads! I want a place in this car to put my drink!
Engineer: Sir, the-the car has a beverage holder.
Homer: Hello! Hello, Einstein! I said a place to put my drink. You know those Super Slakers they sell at the Kwik-E-Mart? (Makes a large circle with his hands.) The cup is this big!

Incidentally, the biggest problem with the car Homer ends up designing is the price tag - it doesn't matter whether or not the "Homer Simpsons" of the world want the car if they can't afford to buy it. (I've read wise guys saying that Homer was probably more in touch with the car-buying public than the writers thought, claiming that Homer Simpson's design resembles the SUVs that started becoming popular in the U.S. in the 1990s.)

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