Artist Reply: Hi Mel - yeah, consider the source of these little cutties - I know they're made by a subsidiary of Mercedes Benz's parent company and that they are made to be made as safe as a light-weight car with paper thin doors can be made, but - when that big bumper is coming right through that glass windshield and the metal is encasing the passenger's bodies and the motive force of a 4000 pound or maybe even bigger vehicle is crushing the very life from those in the "Smart" Car - I suspect the time for re-thinking that purchase will have passed. Personally, I think they are very charming concepts and I would love to drive one on the driveway between the house and the mailbox, but that's not a really responsible use of that resource so I'll just do as most congress-men-and-women do and fly in a private jet to D.C. pick up me mail and continue on with the book tour at public expense - sounds fun!! - send lots of pictures ~:0)

Artist Reply: Snap!!! ~:0)

Artist Reply: Ha! Nothing like a little terror!!! On the road - they sure are cute though - I carry one as a spare ~:0)

Artist Reply: You shoulda seen us slipping and sliding on the wet floors at the studio - riot! - Ha! ~:0)

Artist Reply: Hey Joke! Thanks for stopping by - poor little car just couldn't take it - guess cute is as cute does - they surely are cute little things - I have a feeling they're going to suffer a lot of broken windscreens... from bumpers - Ha! ~:0)

Artist Reply: Thanks Lior - those little cars are cute aren't they - I carry one in the trunk of me car in queso emergency - Ha! ~:0)

Artist Reply: Thanks Mary - always my pleasure to point out the obvious whenever I can - those Smart Cars are cute, but I resent marketing that implies I'm dim if I don't own one ore more of their products - Ha! ~:0)

Artist Reply: Yeah Steve, wonder if David wet'em like this little contender did - imaging tooling down the expressway and seeing an Escalade coming over the line - those arrays of blinding lights filling the windscreen and then... well, just too scary to contemplate. Know what's funny Steve? My BMW gets about the same MPG as the smart car... It's a game - Ha! ~:0)

Artist Reply: Yeah Anneke, they are cute when they're little - wonder if she'll grow ~:0)

Artist Reply: Thanks Sharon - this illy was a lot of fun, but the constant mopping-up dampened the excitement somewhat ~:0)

Artist Reply: Thanks Cindy - I would love to have a Smart Car for tooling up and down the driveway to pick up the mail, but I'd be afraid to take it out in the streets `:0)

Artist Reply: I don't mind telling you Lore, that little car was a mess in the old studio - it must have wet-em five or six times while we were sketching this one up - finally incorporated it into the gig - great fun ~:0)