Hold on to your hats, gang. You're here for a real Friday first, finally real proof that the Vanagon list is a class act after all. This is real haiku in its native Japanese language, featuring nothing less than the indomitable Volkswagen! Here it is: Dandan to Kono Kaki-iro no Min-sha iku That should be read in separate syllables/beats as Da N Da N To Ko No Ka Ki I Ro No Mi N Sha I Ku the classic 5-7-5 of the haiku form. It means slowly this persimmon-colored volkswagen goes (Persimmon-colored for Fall imagery, you know; "Min-sha" is literally "people-car" and thus a tolerable rendering of "VW".) Will
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