Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: Phryedaye Phollies - way to lead a Vanagon lifestyle?
From:neil
Date:Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:44:18 -0700

har har har!

(a needed laff before I tackle "viens" and "arteries" of van)

Neil.

On 4/13/07, joel walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > So what's the "unhealthiest" thing(s) you've done, as regards your
> > Vanagon, to keep it running, get it running, come to peace with it,
> > make amends with it, or just "Keep The Love Alive"?
> > It's Phrydey.
>
> harumph!! "Phrydey" is a man's name, fer crying out loud!!
> the name of the day of the week is PHRYEDAYE.
> sheesh!! ;)
>
> as relates to the "unhealthiest" things ....
>
>
>   Depictus??
>       by Billie Ernie Hindleg
>
>   Under the bus that carries me,
>     Black as the grease on CV balls,
>   I thank whatever gods may be
>     For my decrepit overalls.
>
>   Smudges from axles, loosely gripped;
>     I have not flinched nor cried aloud
>   As blood from my knuckles (socket slipped)
>     Has colored the surface of this shroud.
>
>   Above these spots and greasy smears
>     Are streak-ed paints of different shade,
>   And stains of ketchup, mustard, beers ...
>     I wear them proudly, unafraid.
>
>   It matters not how loud the gripe
>     From friends or neighbors, wives, et al ...
>   I will not wash, though they be ripe,
>     These funky stinking overalls.
>
> :)
> unca joel
>

--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil