There are somethings that go together. Ketchup and mustard. Baseball and bat. Cat and dog (ok, that one's questionable). Other things are not obvious pairs. Take for instance an elderly woman in a brand new hot red Ford Mustang convertible.
The other day, that's exactly what I saw. I literally did a double take. Then I started trying to come up with a rational reason for this pairing.
Maybe she won it in a raffle (you know old people enter those things all the time).
Maybe her grandson was stuck at school and needed a ride home and because she didn't have a car of her own, she had to borrow his car to go pick him up (but if he had a car, how'd he get to school in the first place?)
Maybe she was a Ford exec who didn't take the buyout. (or did and bought a Mustang)
Maybe she was a do-gooder chasing a bank robber and she had to commandeer the first available car (she was driving fast enough...maybe plausible).
Maybe she just needed to relive childhood memories. Maybe her first car was a Mustang. (2007-1964 = 43 year life of brand + 18 years when she got her first car would make her... 61... She looked older.)
Maybe she is just an avid tanner and was really only 35.
I'm not trying to deny anyone their enjoyment of a cool, fast car. It just looked a little out of place.
What other rationalizations can you think of? What other unlikely pairs have you seen recently?
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