The Hybrid Thank You Card Project

How To Participate

1. Acquire some thank you cards. If you're creative, make them.  If you're a lazy, go out and buy some.  Try to use recycled or recyclable materials as much as possible whichever route you choice.
2. Put the blank cards along with a pencil or pen in a safe place available as you travel around, such a backpack or a glove compartment.  Pencils are suggested for backpacks since broken pens can be messy.
3. Keep an eye out for a parked hybrid.  This is where the sport comes in.  Anyone can ticket an SUV.  It's like fishing with dynamite.  Hybrid spotting takes skill and patience.  Practice is essential.  It's recommended you go your Honda and Toyota dealerships to become familar with your prey.  Take the cars out for a test drive, maybe even buy one or two.
4. Once you spot an elusive hybrid, take out a card and your pen and write a personalized message in your greating card.  Something to the effect of

   "Thank you for doing your part to save the environment and cut down our dependency on foreign oil and multinational petrol corporations.  Your little eco-buggy puts a spring in my step and a joy in my heart  God bless you.   I want to bear your children.".

   OK, maybe that last sentence was a bit much. Just "Thanks" would do.   Really, whatever works for you is fine. The important part here is that it's handwritten.  No photocopies.  No nine thousand copies of the same slogan spit out by some laser printer.

5. Leave the card under the windshield wiper of the hybrid, being careful not to bend or break anything. If there's already a card present, go ahead and leave yours as well.  The love grows exponentially with respect to the number of cards !
6. Go about your business, knowing you've made someone's day. And just think how jealous the SUV owners will be when they see all the hybrid loving they're missing out on.

1. Leave notes by bikes and other non-petrol based vehicles. Thankanyone brave enough to convet their diesel vehicles to use biofuel.
2. Leave bouquets of flowers or artwork.  Tomatos and fresh spinach from your garden also works.  Homemade cookies are always a good option, but stay away from nuts.  Some owners may be allergic.
3. If you're a teacher, led a hybrid thanking class trips - make the cards, then place them on the neighborhood hybrids.  Teach the kids environmentally-friendly songs and go caroling the neighborhood hybrid owners.
4. Free carwashes for hybrids at your next carwashing fundraiser.
5. Help out hybrid owners with their monthly payments with gifts of cold hard cash.   Put it in with the thank you note, or just stick it under the windshield should you be so unfortunate as to spot a hybrid without a thank you card handy.

1. Do not try to thank a moving vehicle !  Since the hybrids are pretty rare, if you do see one in traffic you may be tempted to try and place your card under it's windshield as it drives by.  Resist this urge at all costs.   Even though the hybrids are smaller and more finely engineered than hulking SUVs, they can still do your puny human body significant damage should you decide to tango.   Even if the hybrid is stopped at a red light, you still run the risk of getting hit if the light suddenly changes.  Don't be fooled by the hybrid's automatic engine shutoff feature.   Only thank parked hybrids.
2. Do not glue cards or gifts onto the hybrids, as it may damage the paint jobs
3. Do not be offended if your generous gifts are rejected by the hybrid owner, especially if you are a stranger.  Not everyone feels comfortable accepting unsoliciated gifts.
4. Should you offer the gift of sexual favors, only do so with hybrid owners you know well, and always use appropriate protection.  Just because the car is clean, doesn't mean the owner is !