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Date:         Fri, 7 Feb 2003 07:17:48 EST
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From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: What Is In A Name?/NOT MUCH!
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In a message dated 2/7/03 6:30:59 AM, pokey@VANAGON.ORG writes:


<< Why is your van named what it is? >>


I have another question.  Why do people try to add some sort of cachet to
something as inanimately pedestrian as a car by giving it a name?


Wait a minute!  There is a nebulous form appearing in the corner of the room!
 It is Gabriel!  Yes, Yes!  I see the Light!!!  As soon as I finish, I'm
going to the kitchen!  Does anybody have a good name for a Hobart N-50 mixer?
 It is a fine and noble machine which has never failed to do whatever was
asked of it and I would not want to demean it with an inferior handle.  How
about The Gray Pounder?  What do you think?  We need more grist for the mill
and, heh, bytes are cheap, so, why not bloat the archives (sic) some more?


George
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