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Subject:Re: ebay item: 4647412033 NISSAN POWERED westy!
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:23:05 -0700

Ben, I think it's time you went for a long walk!

Of course what hits me about her dumb slogan is that it is entirely wrong.
It should read 'Made in Utero' !   Then, unfortunately, it would have no
shock value whatsoever.

On 6/9/06, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/9/06, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> >   And have you checked out www.vshirts.com yet?   Its Mrs Nitwits line
> of
> > clothing, and include some puffery about her triumphs in the ad/web biz.
> >
> >   Only in LA?
>
> Yep, saw that. Kinda like he "Made in China" T-shirts that were such a
> hit with Chinese kids in the 80's. Funny thing was most were bought by
> ABC's (American Born Chinese). I guess her T-shirts might become de
> rigeur for those conceived in vitro if the same pattern followed.
>
> This whole Maxi Westy episode reminds me of why FrankenWesties are so
> impractical for those who know little about their conversion. Those
> who do often are married to them. Can you imagine some fellow in the
> bajou seeing their Westy in a wrecking yard? A whole new urban myth
> could get started that Nissan made engines for Volkswagen in the mid
> 80's. Or they could think that the AXIS powers of WWII did not give
> up. They kept their undergrond power intact by financing it a joint
> venture to manufacture Japanese powered German cars.... HoOhkay... too
> much coffee this Friday.
>
> BenT
>

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Jake
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