Thursday Three time!

And apparently, the Thursday Three writing staff has the same vacation plan as the Car Talk Puzzler because this week's TT is the season finale with no promise of summer reruns. So I guess I better jump in and play today or miss out until the fall season. So here's what Terry has for today's TT.

THRILLING, ACTION-PACKED edition of the Axis of Weevil Thursday Three!
Okay, it’s not thrilling.
Nor particularly action-packed.
In fact, there’s really not much of a theme. But that’s what you get when you assemble your program from stuff you find wadded up in the trash can.
But it’s the only thing we got, SO--
1) If you could hang out with a famous living person for a day, who would it be, and why?

Well I really like hanging out with my Dad and all my brothers so if I could, I would spend a day hanging out with all of them doing something manly and brotherly. We all get along quite well and in spite of our many diverse interests, we share plenty of interests too and I think we could find a way to entertain ourselves without too much trouble. You might expect that whatever we chose to do it will be noisy because we like things that go BANG! and vehicles that roar. We're going to get dirty, you can count on that!I think it would be great fun if we could all attend a racing school like this one or this one as a group.

If I could hang out with someone that wasn't family for a day, I choose Mario Andretti. He has been my hero since I was in grade school and before he won the Indianapolis 500 in 1969 and I followed his racing career throughout the world. I came this close- (hold your index finger just 1 inch from your thumb here) to having a black and gold Lotus Formula 1 car tattoed on my arm in 1979 after Mario won the World Championship. So, I'm a fan. Everything I have seen about Mario in recent years sounds like he continues to live an interesting automotive related life, even if he isn't racing anymore. I think he must be an interesting guy and I'd like my chance to just see what's in his garage.

2) What sort of plans do you have for summer vacation?

Well, Brother Tim and his GF Rhonda will be here in two weeks, for a week, so I'll be taking a few hours to hang out with them. They want to go hiking and mountain biking whitewater rafting and Tim wants to do some shooting. Later, the BSU and I will be taking the annual pilgrimage to the Oregon coast with the camper for a weekend of eating and relaxing with the spouse's sisters and their family units. Since this year I won't be trying to write term papers and study for finals, I'm hoping this year to take a few extra days and maybe visit Crater Lake or some other part of Oregon that we normally don't explore.

3) Blake or Jordin?

I'm sorry, who are these people?