Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 01:15:35 -0600
Reply-To: Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
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From: Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject: Re: off-topic?/wasRe: thinking about a (VW) Thing
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NO NONO! You take 'er top off before you go to bed. That's campin' baby!
Anybody for static load testing of the Air lifts in your favorite campsite?
DM&FS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: off-topic?/wasRe: thinking about a (VW) Thing
> > a really fun car to cruise around in. Just remember to put the top
> up
> > before going to bed!
>
> no, no, no .... you have to remember it the other way! ... put the top
> DOWN before driving/rolling! like the song says ...
>
> Put the Top Down
> (traditional Chanty, again sung by VW Mechanics
> with filthy dirty-minded lyrics, but which teaches
> us a valuable lesson in auto maintenance)
> (To the tune of "Blow the Man Down")
>
>
> As I was a'driving through Dixie so sweet,
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> A Vanagon Camper I chanced for to meet,
> Give me some time to put the top down.
> We stopped at a campground, she'd gotten there first.
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> I'd driven all day with one helluva thirst,
> Give me some time to put the top down.
>
> Says she to me, "I'm quite low on oil,"
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> "Can I borrow some quarts so my engine won't boil?"
> Give me some time to put the top down.
> "Delighted!", I answered, "I've plenty to spare!"
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> So I handed two quarts to the camper so fair,
> Give me some time to put the top down.
>
> As she bent, adding oil to her camper machine,
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> I could feel that my interest was certainly keen,
> Give me some time to put the top down.
> With my hormones a'rising, and her standing near,
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> I asked if she'd join me for one little beer,
> Give me some time to put the top down.
>
> I sipped on a bottle, she chugged a six-pack,
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> I leaned over forward, she leaned over back,
> Give me some time to put the top down.
> Then I opened my pop-top, and asked her inside,
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> And there in that camper was a helluva ride,
> Give me some time to put the top down.
>
> She ruffled my curtains, she fondled my seat,
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> And down at my stove she had turned up the heat,
> Give me some time to put the top down.
> But just as our comfort began to unfold,
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> Her foot hit the gearshift and we started to roll,
> Give me some time to put the top down.
>
> I jumped for the front seat and grabbed for the wheel,
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> She thought it was funny and let out a squeal,
> Give me some time to put the top down.
> And off through the campground and straight for a tree,
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> Rolled the camper, the pop-top, the woman, and me,
> Give me some time to put the top down.
>
> Well, a long story shortened: I managed to stop,
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> But not til the tree limbs grabbed hold of my top,
> Give me some time to put the top down.
> So young men, take warning, whenever you slake:
> Way-hey, put the top down,
> Don't never fool 'round less you pull up the brake!!
> Give me some time to put the top down.
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