When the product announcement of the four-door Jeep Wrangler — new for ‘07! — hit the airwaves, Gary vowed he wouldn’t touch it.

And if pigs had wings … I’d snark.

His smacked-to-shit ‘04 Unlimited was enough for him, he claimed.

Bullshit, I said.

Besides, he’d say, I’m not all that particularly attached to Jeeps anyway.

Hah! And Jesus is a Klingon, I’d say.

Maybe I’ll get another pickup, he’d muse.

Remember how much you hated your old one? I’d remind him.

Until today, when he quite cheerfully announced that even if he had to sell one of his children for a downpayment, he’d be buying a brand-new, four-door, second-model-year ‘08 Jeep Wrangler.

Told ya’ so, I grinned.