VANAGON archives -- September 2004, week 4 (#277)

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:55:02 -0500 Reply-To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> Subject: Re: pretend it's already Friday (was RE: Spare-tire Pan Bolt Spec In-Reply-To: <BD78F99A.5E9C%mwmiller@cwnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

Yes, PLEASE! Re explaining jerry rigged, I mean. Quick, while it's still Friday!

Joy

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:::-----Original Message----- :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf :::Of Mike Miller :::Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 12:07 AM :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::Subject: Re: pretend it's already Friday (was RE: Spare-tire Pan Bolt :::Spec ::: :::Well, fryday already! ::: :::You don't know the story of Joe Hakkapelliitta? Oh, my. Well according :::to :::Unca Joel there was this Italian guy who took a wrong turn driving his :::Van :::one day [rvc] and ended up in Finland. Being as how the Italians and the :::Finn are so close, kind of like step brothers and sisters, and their :::languages are so similar he got along just fine. ::: :::So he stayed. ::: :::But, the only thing he didn't like about the place was that there were no :::Pirelli tires available. Being Italian, much like being a Finn, he :::invented :::his own Pirelli tires. Being as how it was Finland he made them work :::really :::well on snow and ice. Well he marketed them and did very well but his :::Finish Marketing manager got a bit confused by the name Pirelli so when :::he :::spelled it the name came out Hakkapelliitta, which as you can see, is :::very :::similar. ::: :::And thus the Finnish tire company Hakkapelliitta was born. ::: :::See, now you know. ::: :::Want me to explain jerry rigged to you too? ::: :::Mike :::

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