re: Loud mufflers - the real epidemic in Baton Rouge

In N.O. getting new tires on my pickup last Saturday and hanging just outside the shop door talking to one of the mechanics when one of those Japanese small cars with the huge canister exhaust tails passes by. To me, it sounded like a lawn mower on steroids and whining high pitched as the kid went through the gears.

The mechanic threw this out there for thought. He said "That sounds like my old lady trying not to fart after several beers." I fell out laughing and was glad his wife was not around to hear that.