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From: elag <elag@cloud9.net>
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Subject: Re: H0llyw00d Flatlands
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 22:49:59 -0400
Organization: Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose
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Paul Heslop wrote:
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> elag wrote:
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> > Paul Heslop wrote:
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> > > elag wrote:
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> > > > Paul Heslop wrote:
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> > > > > > Paul Heslop wrote:
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> > > > > > > elag wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > Any other interesting thing ever happen at the woolmill?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > :O) There was method in our madness. The cartons had to be in the bay to
> > > > > > > > > be destroyed, where the wool was coming into the mill by crane and was
> > > > > > > > > hardly ever on the ground level for long.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I see. I so liked the idea of climbing mountains of wool...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Yeah, sometimes it was kind of fun, but the money was very very bad.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Baa-aa-aa-aad?
> > > > >
> > > > > I was foreman and I could hardly feed myself.
> > > >
> > > > I Sheepishly admit that it was just another one of my Baa Baa Baad jokes.
> > > >
> > > > I'm resisting telling another one now about forks.
> > > >
> > > > <must bite tongue>
> > >
> > > Never liked tongue myself, specially since I lost my teeth!
> >
> > Oh, a tongue is far more useful, but it doesn't make as good a necklace.
> > I really do think that a big old cow's tongue looks quite nice,
> > especially in a cow's mouth.
>
> Probably tastes much better then too :O)
Once I imagined a poet trapped in a cow's body:
"Ah... never to chew sweet cud again... sweet grass... sweet sweet
grass, alas..."
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> > >
> > > >
> > > > ....
> > > >
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> > > > > > > > > We were a salvage company. Us drones were paid a pittance and worked in
> > > > > > > > > dirt while the boss drove round in a Lamborghini!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > That sort of thing can be very irritating. It could be the makings of a
> > > > > > > > good story though.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I would like to know what happened to the company. We all got the push
> > > > > > > when they moved to another town. I guess like most companies they took a
> > > > > > > dive.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hey, hopefully Boss-man lost his precious Lambourghini. I'd like to see
> > > > > > him tooling around in a second hand Reliant Robin.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ah, you know the Robin? Fine piece of machinery... shame they couldn't
> > > > > find the rest of it
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, I only know it from Mr. Bean. I sort of like it... a real Folks Wagon.
> > > >
> > > > I doubt it could be made street legal in the US.
> > >
> > > I'm surprised it was even legal here! It was a mess but happily has
> > > finally bitten the bullet. Now These were funny cars... I do hope you
> > > can see this page!
> > > http://members.lycos.co.uk/bond_club/
> >
> > After I got past their crummy Java code... those are quite fun looking.
> > Could you actually take those out on the road?
> >
> > I think we need a few more funny looking cars like bug eyed sprites,
> > Fiat 100s and Citroen 2CVs to counterbalance the bane of SUVs.
>
> Yeah, Bonds were never popular on the scale of Reliant, but there were
> odd ones on the road and the Bond Bug became at least reasonably
> successful. Of course designing a car with cloth doors in britain is
> suicidal!
> My personal favourite for weird was these
> http://www.andmas.co.uk/travel_new/bubble/bubble.htm
> My uncle went on his honeymoon in one! You climb in by opening the whole
> front of the car.
Yes, I was trying to come up w/ that one. I likethem... perfect for
driving from the front to the back yard. Seriously, they make a perfect
city car for you can park 2 to a space.
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