My buddy Verne, a precocious automotive wizard, and I were inspired to do some inventing on our own. We thought it might be feasible to park a car parallel to a space on the street. Then by pressing a button, we could raise the four tires off the ground slighjtly, while dropping two speical wheels perpendicular to the curb. It would then be child‘s play to roll into the narrowest of parking spaces. We took the idea to Ed Greene who runs the For gancy in order to elicit his reaction. After a perfunctory glace at our plans, to our chagrin Ed snorted that our idea was inane, but we decided that he was just jealous of our brilliance. Tomorrow we are going to start on a computer that will enable us to measure the intelligence of perverse automobile dealers who like to deride the efforts of junior geniuses.
pre- before, co- cook, -cious adj
mature at an usually early age
perpendicular adj. vertial
perfunctory adj.
per - through
funct - movement
-ory adj.
acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
chagrin n. feeling of disappointment
perverse adj. persisting in error
deride v. to redicule
de-
ride- laugh ridicule - laught at
My friend Verne became an automotive geniuses while he was young. Together with Verne, we were motivated to create something on our own. We thought that it‘s doable to park a car parallel to a space on the street. Then by pressing a button, we could raise the four tires off the ground slightly, while dropping two special wheels veritical to the curb. If we could make that happen, then it would be easy to roll into the narrowest of parking spaces. We brought the idea to see Ed Greene who runs the Ford agency to seek his reaction. After a careless look at our ideas, to our disappointment, he rediculed us and told us that our idea was crazy. We concluded that he was jealous of our creativity. Tomorrow we are going to start on a computer that will enable us to measure the intelligence of cranky automobile dealers who like to laugh at the efforts of junor geniuses.
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