Auto shows are the safest places to practice pretend engine noises without attracting feral lawn mowers in heat. Rev up with today's Groupon: for $12, you get two tickets to the Saint Louis Auto Show at the America's Center and Edward Jones Dome, redeemable Thursday, January 27 through Sunday, January 30 (up to a $20 value). More than 500 new cars, trucks, SUVs, and concept vehicles from more than 25 manufacturers strut their stuff at the largest auto-centric gala in the St. Louis area. The EcoCity area emphasizes conservation, recycling, and clean energy, and features an indoor track eager to kiss the tires of electric and hybrid cars on test drives. Protective force fields shield Bugatti, Lamborghini, Bentley, Maserati, and Rolls Royce displays from drool contamination at the Million Dollar Mile area, and specialists such as Toyota, Kia, Chevrolet, Buick, and GMC quench further accelerative urges with complimentary test drives. Friday is Ladies' Day at the auto show and includes free massages, music, fashion shows, and a runway show featuring local firefighters. Children younger than 6 are admitted free, and you can check the schedule for daily hours of operation.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Traditions
Severin's Dictionary of Frequently Misused Words defines tradition as "a recurring ritual, often annual, bound to social custom by the habit and expectation of people who neither understand nor enjoy it." What are some common traditions practiced today?
- Winners of the Super Bowl enjoy a locker-room phone call from the president, while Super Bowl losers are privy to a stern lecture from all living former U.S. presidents: Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Stan Lee, Whoopi Goldberg, and Digby the Dog Who Was Technically President.
- Each Thanksgiving families dine on a traditional spread that mirrors the meal served at the historic first Thanksgiving—partially defeathered turkey cooked 2 inches from an outdoor open flame, wooden bowls containing scoops of half-melted snow, tuberculosis, and a thin broth made from the overnight boiling of the previous year's buckles.
- The first day of high school finds students barraged by a storm of traditional hazing rituals. Slim students are shoved into lockers while huskier students are casked into barrels. Meanwhile, the most inspiring, idealistic professors wear traditional red clown noses, while bitter, cynical professors wear symbolic black clown noses. Finally, in lieu of attending classes, students are given randomly assigned nerf weapons and are cut loose in the gymnasium to symbolically execute their childhoods.
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