Simon Baker, How Do I Love Thee

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As if I needed any more excuse to love Simon Baker in The Mentalist, in this week's episode he shows up driving a Citroen DS21. A powder blue one. How awesome is that?

(I have a soft spot for Citroens. The first family car I remember was a Citroen DS, which my car loving father babied for a number of years. And if anyone still imported them into Canada, I'd buy one like a shot.)

In celebration of the convergence of a favourite actor and a favourite car, pics!

The man:

How can you not love this guy?

The car:

And is not this one of the coolest cars ever?

Comments

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Baker's not my usual type (square jaws and classically handsome looks don't usually do it for me; I like striking guys with flaws that make them out of the ordinary) but I make the exception for him. Helps that his character is beyond adorable. Utterly gleeful, but with a side helping of carefully hidden angst.

I'm jealous about your Citroen. Someday...

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The square jaw blokes are often look a bit out of the ordinary for me (ecxept for maybe Arnold). They have such a rough pirate look. Two more "examples" who work for me in that category are Willem Dafoe and Bryan Adams, also Goetz Otto. And Baker fits into the group very good. And he looks like you could have fun with him.

Aww no need to be jealous. I like my car, but it's not some kind of luxus limousine. Before that I had VW Golf, but I like the Citroen much better, and not as expensive in taxes and insurance.
I saw my brother in law yesterday and I was wrong with the "Snow white coffin" nickname. A kind of older Volvo is called like that. Some Citroen were called shark. Fits much better.
I hope you can drive a Citroen some day!

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I'm not much keen on Bryan Adams (growing up in Canada in the '80s, I saw wayyyy too much of him) but Willem Dafoe is one of my absolute favourite actors. He's far from classically handsome, but definitely has something of the rough pirate about him. (I consider him beautiful, which always gets a funny look from my Sweetie.)

Practical but fun cars are, I think, the best. (I'd take a Citroen over most luxury cars any day.)