Otherwise known as Wahooptie, this taxi service has moving shots which show the creation of their bright orange taxi.
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Funny lookin? Have you ridden in there?
P.S. The Hook is getting snarky in our footsteps. Their headline reads “Wahooptie offers pussy, hips, ass, titty ride.” (for the lesser informed, that’s what phat stands for) Wow. What can that possibly mean?
P.P.S. One reader chimes in and writes an email (to which I have no answer, and I ask you my furry little friends to help me out in the new poll):
I am sure that you are stirring the pot. Nonetheless, I must offer that surely the Hook does not mean the reading of their headline that you infer, nor do I think your disambiguation of phat is correct. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phat, http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/Courses/ling100_4/DLU-Hydref98/DLU-P.html, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phat, http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=phat, http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/childlit/papers/fableorword.html, http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=phat&searchmode=none , see also http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43198 (”Fake etymologies for ‘phat’ state that the word originated as an acronym for ‘Pretty Hot And Tempting’, ‘Plenty of Hips And Thighs’ or ‘Pussy, Hips And Tits’.” and “There is no evidence supporting any acronymic origin.”).
Taking the usual meaning, some variant of great, cool, or fantastic, makes the headline boring but far more understandable.
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They have a green one too … lights inside, bench seats enough for lots of folks - it’s sweeeet!!! 434.249.TAXI!!! I’m a big fan.
YES! The Wahooptie is a flyne ride and the ‘Hooptie crew are a great group of CVille guys. Don’t don’t hesitate to call them up. Just a shade pricier than the standard yellow cab. But…the standard yellow cab isn’t a giant orange limo that you can ride in with 8 other people.
And…remember, you can drink in moving vehicles in this Old Dominion state.
Perhaps we can contract them for the Crush cVillain tasting…?
pussy, hips, ass, tits? that’s a first for me. who says that shit anymore, anyway? i thought it had gone the way of the “cool beans”.
as for Whahooptie: It cost me seven dollars to get from the Montecello side of bolling to the 6th St side of Blenheim, so their service is definately for an entourage. And before you accuse me of being lazy for not walking such a short distance, the Whahooptie just pulled up next to me and my lady as we were walking, we didn’t even hail him down!
well I gues we’re not PG-13 anymore
Seven dollars? Really? Was that including tip? It cost me seven bucks (pre-tip) to go from the Corner all the way to C&O. Maybe they raised their rates since then? Anyway, fun times; great guys; a totally cool idea that’s worth it if you’re running four or more deep.
I saw the orange Wahooptie in my neighborhood today!
PHAT? Posting Hiatus Apparently Today?
Where you all at. I need entertainment.
B Yo, are you working tonite?
we’re all at church, we didn’t want to wake you B, you looked hungovah.
two, why you ignoring my last comment?
C, I am not, just a wee slow today, I am still contemplating the perfect flirty comback hon, -and quit flirting around on me, you don’t want to end up like the fellow we do not mention by name by whos name has likeness to a little scented tree you can hang from your rear view mirror.
Working? At what? Becoming unconscious?
No silly, on cloning.
No cloning for me. I prefer masturbation the old fashioned way.
like toothpaste, eh?
rather more like a butter churn
Do we really need cloned toothpaste?
We’re cloning butter?
the person we don’t speak of is a toothpaste flavor.
i only flirt with you 2, and maybe lilith, and oy and sil and hips and floozy and…..
Me 2?…Are you suggesting I have multiple personalities? Wait who said that?
lol
the more of you the better darling.
i want butter-flavored toothpaste.
gah. this weekend is over.
parlie, what’d you do this weekend?
it was a ski-drink weekend at snowshoe. good show all around, except for the migraine. that part was bad like death.
skiing is great though, despite the 70+ temps earlier last week. i recommend it highly.
Big thanks to the (always wonderful) C&O for a great night. Waitress lady (I forgot your name, sorry) you put up with a big, loud group with style. Thanks. Barry, great drinks as always.
Oxo was bangin’ last night. So gald I came back!
C&O and OXO, agreed with Silmo, thanks!
Thanks also to everyone for contributing to my amazing phone sex operator voice today– it takes a lot of drinks and cigarettes and inappropriate conversations to have this raspy and whorish a delivery. 1-900-VILLAIN69. Ask for Lulu.
*dialing numbers quickly
Speaking of, check out the poll. Not exactly what you had in mind, but hey, it’s me. Why say in five words what you can say in eight trillion times that?
And HOT DIGGITY DAMN there were 179 responses to the dating status poll.
Caroline, you give great phone.
Thanks for the poll, Lilith! Wow. Phone sex AND third base? Best. Sunday. EVER.
Wahooptie saved the day (night, year) on New Years Eve. We were at OXO where we had been told there would be a big party. Nope. So we called up the ‘hooptie and it took 8 of us back to my house where there was a tv for the countdown, champagne, fires, and plenty of booze. They also came back later and took everyone on a fantastic voyage home. A story that must be told but not by me….
It is a great idea, but as a hokie (hence the gobbler) I thought I should point out that it is an idea that originated in Blacksburg, VA, Hooptieride. http://www.hooptieride.com/
Why ’should’ you point it out? Why the need to shut down yet another party? These are 2 young guys being brave and starting a business… why not just say that it’s a great service which helped you immensely. Puzzled as to why you would then effectively say ‘…. but they stole the idea from blah blah blah’. Who cares?
Love to Mrs Gobbles. Still waiting for the squirrel on my doorstep.
Some friends and I took the best cab ride ever recently– the guy was trying to get home to his girlfriend and we were a large, desperate group, so he stuffed us in and drove us around town trying to find a party, anywhere, on a weekday night after 1am. My girl friend in the front seat (two-person passenger side) took the call from his girlfriend and told her he cares about her a lot and that he was telling us the nicest things about her. We really, really wanted him to get laid.
Anyway, I’m trying to find his business card, because in addition to being so cool about taking care of us, he had the BEST CD COLLECTION EVER.
cause he’s an F’ing Hokie. Geaux HOOS!!!
I knew you had a gf lilith.
Flooz, I do think its a great service. I just wanted to point out that if you’re ever in need of a cab service when you’re in Blacksburg…Nah, that’s not true, either. I love the idea, and I talked to the driver about the hooptieride, and there was some connection between all the people, I don’t remember exactly what he said. It’ll probably break into other towns, and then you’d be like, “they started that in Charlottesville.” and someone in the know will say “nuh-uh”.
Fact: An MBA graduate from VT Pamplin School of Business owns the Hooptie name, which is federally protected under United State Trademark Law. A ‘Cease and Desist’ letter has been sent to Wahooptie, and court actions are pending. Wahooptie will be allowed to continue to operate under the current name only if a lease agreement can be negotiated, whereby Wahooptie will pay funds to the legal owner for the right to use the ‘hooptie’ trade name. Stay tuned, Hooptie fans! “Will the real Hooptie please stand up!”
I KNEW IT! i told everybody about hooptie ride but nobody believed me!
or they did, but didn’t care. either way, i’m a winner.
There just bitter b/c they couldn’t get into Darden.
But reaslly, well done trademarking a term in comon use in the working class black community. Way to “earn” your Intellectual Property rights.
Oh and happy MLK day
as a hokie i want to continue to support hooptie ride in this thread, but your website is dangerously slack. please get help soon.
What the hell did I do, Parlie?????
Am I slack or l,l,sd;faonhsfdlaskmdvnak.fcnAL’D.NAVK;FCD?aMZ
I thought you couldn’t trademark generic names like hooptie…I did check though, and there is a registered servicemark for the name Hooptie Ride…anybody know?
Can we confirm that the hooptie ride poster is for real?
@43 I am sure that the USPTO was unaware that “hooptie” was slang term, let alone one in common use. Even if they did, the term is probably not common enough to meet the generic name test (if there is one).
Honestly, I think “hooptie” “jumped the shark” a long time ago. Does that still qualify?
Quick, someone trademark “Cougar”, “jumped the shark”, and “Darden Douchebag”