And in one fell swoop, they had it. The American car manufacturers figured that the car-boat needed to come back into play, as clearly a market needed serving. Now, how to export them into Cuba.

"License and registration, please"
"Que?"

"Please step out of the car, sir"

"Can you imagine what it would be like if her car broke down? She would have to seek help from men!"

"Sorry guys, I'm off duty!"

* Whaada ya MEAN you've got a flat?

* An exciting scene from the movie "Hunt for Blue October"

* "Look, it's still safer than an Airbus 310. When MY rudder fell off, I didn't nose dive."
"Yeah, but just like the passengers on that 310, you're still going back ot Cuba"

* The Cuban Navy, suffering from a serious underfunding problem, has been forced to get ummmm creative.

What the picture doesn't show is they were pulling a 20ft boat and trailer.

*Another attempt at Carboat diplomacy

*Picture yourself in a boat on a river - Beatles

* If only Ted Kennedy had thought this far ahead...

* This thing leaks terribly, said Juan, balefully.

* You may be redneck if your boat has not left the driveway in 5 years.... (Foxworthy)

* Can you imagine the insurance claim explaination on THIS one?

Too bad GM can't keep their stock afloat.

Mr. Ricardo....Would you step out of the car for me please

Okay, Manuel, you were right... next time we'll go for the Yellow Submarine.

In other news, Darth Vader's clone troopers captured the Weasleys' flying car today.

"I thought fluid-drive transmissions were a thing of the past..."

Ted Kennedy's road trips are legendary

It's the cops, everyone act cool.

See Honey, I TOLD you this wasn't the way to Vegas. If you'd only asked for directions back at the pier like I told you, we could have been there by now.

"You're bus-ted."

Laugh all you want at Cuba's entry into the America's Cup race, but you'll freak when you see the keel design.

Pardon me, but do have any Grey Poupon?

Cuba's version of "Big Blue" wasn't as impressive as hoped...

Want fries with that order?

The Slow Boat To China is now a reality TV show aptly dubbed Don't Count Your Chickens Until They Hatch.

The CIA would take it in the britches for not discovering Cuba's ultra-secret development of the boa-limo, which was to of revitalized it's non-existant automotive industry and rivaled GM's for the ultra-high-end limo+boat class of vehicles that will eventually replace SUV's on American roads, lakes, and rivers.

"Excuse me, amigos. Do you know the way to San Jose? I've been away so long. I may go wrong and lose my way."

"No sir, I'm sorry, but having your seatbelt fastened does not satisfy the personal safety requirement in this situation."

A round of schadenfreude for the people with enginenuity in a time of weltschmerz.

And you said "OnStar" wouldn't be worth it.

Badgeez. We don't need no steenkin' badges.

Oh the humanity!

The Hon. Senator McCarthy, I presume.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary...

Buena Vista Social Club on World Tour

CG: "hola amigos, do you have any Contraband."
Amigos: "Si, I play guitar, and my brudder here plays conga"CG: "Have you got any small arms"
Amigos: "No, my parents were big boned and worked in the fields, but my little cousin frida, shes got small arms, the skinny leetle thing.

Capitan, did you call a gypsy cab?

Grandad always enjoyed a Sunday drive.

For Sale: one car. Only driven by a little old lady on Sundays (between Cuba and Miami).

Coast Guard sends Cubans from Miami on a covert mission to pick up some Havana Cigars in a Hummer disguised as a floating taxi cab.