Date:         Mon, 12 May 2008 08:34:08 -0700
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagons being called "Hippie Wagons"..
Comments: To: Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu>
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darn that contest is all over .. i wonder if the bus is for sale on ebay
/... lol


On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> I'd like to have the "Magic Bus", myself.....
>
> http://www.thewhomagicbus.com/litetickets/ticketselection.asp
>
> "Lee Kirstein" <leekirstein@GMAIL.COM> said:
> > I've also heard "Terrorist Bus" as a nickname (maybe stemming from the
> 60's
> > bus used in Back to the Future?).
> >
> > If anything, I'd prefer Hippie Bus over terrorist bus!
> >
> > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 9:21 AM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > A few days ago i was driving around to add some test miles to my van,
> with
> > > my older brother riding shotgun. It was a beautiful day, so the
> windows were
> > > down and the music was playing. Well as we entered the local park, a
> large
> > > group of say 20 middle school aged childred started giving peace signs
> and
> > > running after the bus yelling things like "Sweet Hippy Bus" and "Wow,
> look
> > > at that", and some even broke out into singing the Scooby Dooo
> Themesong.
> > > Well we made our lap around the park, and as we were coming back that
> way i
> > > was amazed to see all these kids standing alongside the road with
> their
> > > cameraphones out, waiting.
> > >
> > > So I turned up The Grateful Dead music, flashed them a peace sign, and
> went
> > > on my way. It was clear that "that hippy wagon" made their day! I've
> also
> > > gotten this response from more than a handful of older people, who see
> any
> > > rear engined VW van (they may not know where the engine is, but
> EVERYONE can
> > > associate the differences between the T3 and T4....), as a "Volkswagen
> > > Bus".
> > >
>



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