Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1998 14:42:25 -0400
Reply-To:     "Pierce, John D" <jdpierce@KPMG.COM>
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From:         "Pierce, John D" <jdpierce@KPMG.COM>
Subject:      Re: Hoover(ism)
Comments: To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Where can I find other Bob Hoover writings?

TIA

John P.
Plano, TX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Arnott [SMTP:jrasite@EONI.COM]
> Sent: Monday, August 17, 1998 3:52 AM
> To:   Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Re: Hoover(ism)
>
> ...
>
> I was playing around in the type2 archives and I found this post from
> Hoover.  Reposting it under the circumstances will probably piss him
> off, but it does bear repeating. It's something that we all should
> remember.
>
> Jim Arnott
> Union, OR
> drivin' vintagebuses when they were new... '77 ASI Riviera II '83.5
> Wasserleaker
>
> Bob Hoover wrote on 2/18/98:
>
> >
> > To All:
> >
> > Didja hear the one about the blind guys and the elephant?  Seems they
> went to
> > the circus and somebody decides to 'show' them an elephant.  The
> elephant must
> > have been a friendly soul because it allowed the blind guys to feel it
> all
> > over.
> >
> > After the circus was over the blind guys are in a bar telling their
> friends
> > about the elephant, which lead to a furious argument.  One blind guy
> insists
> > elephants are like snakes, because he happened to feel its trunk.
> Another
> > blind guy swore elephants were like trees, because he happened to feel
> one of
> > its legs.  Another guy thought elephants were like enormous bats, having
> felt
> > one of the elephant's ears, and so on.
> >
> > A lot of messages on this Mailing List contain opinions with which I
> disagree.
> > If I have direct, personal experience to the contrary I may offer a
> different
> > opinion, especially if the matter is safety-related.  Otherwise, I
> don't,
> > because there's a strong liklihood my 'direct, personal experience'  was
> > nothing more than feeling the elephant's tail.  The other guy may be
> talking
> > through his hat but in most cases his opinion is just as valid as
> mine...
> > except he may have been feeling the elephant's trunk.
> >
> > Volkswagens... or anything else, for that matter, are elephants.  And
> all
> > humans are blind, in one way or another.
> >
> > The best advice I can offer is this:  Think for yourself.  Go find your
> own
> > elephant.  Feel it up.
> >
> > -Bob Hoover
> >