I couldn’t believe what I was reading. The ad in the magazine was offering a coupon for $40 off on your next set of lavender scented tires. Apparently some tire manufacturer has developed tires that smell like lavender.

Lavender scented tires? What is the world coming to?

I guess it must be aroma therapy for drivers. Instead of having to hang one of those little pine trees from your review mirror, you just have to put on your brakes.

But why stop with lavender? Why not other scents such as carnations or roses or lilies? And if each tire had a different scent, you could have a bouquet sitting in your garage just waiting to hit the road. And even though you are polluting the atmosphere, at least you would be doing so in a pleasant manner.

As Marcus Aurelius once said “the goal of life is not to be in the majority, but to flee the ranks of the insane.”