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Comment author: mathnerd314 07 August 2014 07:38:57PM 0 points [-]

For example, I don't want a red car because I don't want to get pulled over by the cops all the time.

The car story appears to be a myth nowadays, but that could just be due to the increased use of radar guns and better police training. Radar guns were introduced around the 1950's so all of their policemen quotes are too recent to tell.