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Graphic By: Jonelle Thackston

For all of us out there who like 4-wheeling through mud, sand, and snow or any other obstacle that gets in our way, a brand new Ford F-650 would be more than enough truck for us to accomplish our destruction. Then again, there are those of us who would prefer to tear through berbur carpet, flatten G.I. Joe's, terrorize cats, annihilate the finish on kitchen table and chairs, and bug the heck out of people!

If you consider yourself the latter of these two, then maybe you should go for the radio-controlled version of the bestially Ford F650.

Im sure that somewhere in your life you have been intrigued by a remote- controlled vehicle of some kind. If you haven't, come on and get with it. I do know that I was into that sort of thing when I was younger, and I decided that it was time to relive my youth by purchasing a remote-controlled monster of a truck. In fact, all of my friends decided they wanted to get in on the action, so we all went out and bought various types of large remote-controlled vehicles. The options for remote-controlled vehicles included different sizes of various models that copied their big brothers, like the Chevy Avelanche or the Toyota Tundra.

It turns out that we would add our own "battle bots" halftime show to our normal Sunday football and beer routine. Yeah, don't drink and drive! The festivities turned out to be a lot of fun and also gave us something to do while Justin Timberlake or L.L. Cool J were performing on the field. What is professional football coming to anyway? I mean, what happened to the Bud Bowl?

So, if you really want to act your age, go out and buy the biggest, fastest remote-controlled vehicle that you can find and proceed to destroy whatever lies in your path! You can go here if you want to check out an F-650 like mine. Or try this link if you want to look around for any type of remote- contolled vehicle, from submarines to helicoptors.

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Matt Witherow is one of Whim's graphic designers.