But I stood dumbfounded the first time I went into a supermarket and realized that I needed to pay a 10 franc deposit to push a chariot up and down the aisle.
One end of the track was more open than the other, as this was where the chariots lined up to begin the race.
The operator of a front-end loader had been grudgingly pressed into emergency service by emergency officials, and so a giant yellow chariot pulled up in front of the condo.
Happy anniversary, mate, and you can stick your commemorative chariot up your waxy jackets.
Chariot, the Ford-owned collaborative carpooling service currently operating in the Bay area, has launched advance reservations, letting riders book a seat on a Chariot up to seven days ahead of their actual trip.
At every point, heritage was valued, but gently undermined by humour: the corgis left on the steps of Buckingham Palace by the Queen's departing helicopter, Rowan Atkinson wittily sending up Chariots of Fire, a royal kiss matched by a same-sex kiss.
In Chinese mythology, Auriga's stars were incorporated into several constellations, including the celestial emperors' chariots, made up of the modern constellation's brightest stars.
As Medea flies off on her serpent-drawn chariot, Jason calls up after her, "Bear witness that wherever you go there are no gods".
At nearly 40, she has now sworn off surgery and informs us not only that aging is inevitable — "time's winged chariot will catch up to you and march all over your face" — but that she gets "smarter every year".
"Gladiator," which offered the spectacle of the hero's young son flattened by a chariot and strung up alongside his mother, was honored by Hollywood as the best picture of 2000.
