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A Stock Phrase that sometimes appears on T-shirts or bumper stickers. This started around 1980 with stickers and license-plate frames reading, "My Other Car Is a Porsche". The others are takeoffs, directly or indirectly, on that cliche of the times.
A Stock Phrase that sometimes appears on T-shirts or bumper stickers. This started around 1980 with stickers and license-plate frames reading, "My Other Car Is a Porsche". The others are takeoffs, directly or indirectly, on that cliche of the times.
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* "[[Every Car Is a Pinto|My Other Car Is a Pinto]]".
* "[[Every Car Is a Pinto|My Other Car Is a Pinto]]".
* In ''Team Fortress 2'''s game assets available to players, a bumper sticker can be seen on the front of the Sniper's camper van stating "My other camper is a SWORD VAN!", a reference to [http://secretoptionf.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/swordcc-tf2.gif?w=500&h=663 one of KC Green's comics].
* In ''Team Fortress 2'''s game assets available to players, a bumper sticker can be seen on the front of the Sniper's camper van stating "My other camper is a SWORD VAN!", a reference to [http://secretoptionf.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/swordcc-tf2.gif?w=500&h=663 one of KC Green's comics].
* My other CAR is a CDR. <ref>The joke is that in the Lisp programming language, CAR and CDR are two iconic list operations.</ref>
* My other CAR is a CDR.<ref>The joke is that in the Lisp programming language, CAR and CDR are two iconic list operations.</ref>
* ''[[Top Gear]]'' has had...
* ''[[Top Gear]]'' has had...
** "My other car is a Porsche. (But unfortunately it's a 924 with flames up the side.)"
** "My other car is a Porsche. (But unfortunately it's a 924 with flames up the side.)"