PLEH - I like that. HELP! spelled backwards. Sort of says it all.

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 2/4/2011 1:50 PM, Roland wrote:
> In response to "The original SUV?"  David wrote:  "Pleh."
>
> LOL, I like this response, should be very useful.  For example when my wife
> asks "Hey honey, I am going to watch Glen Beck, would you like to join me?"
>
> Pleh
>
> Roland
>
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:05 AM, David Beierl<dbeierl@attglobal.net>  wrote:
>
>> Dear Roland,
>>
>> My opinion -
>>
>> At 01:13 PM 2/4/2011, Roland wrote:
>>
>>> What is the generic label?   I've heard our vehicles called......
>>>
>>> Van
>>>
>> Quick and dirty yes.
>>
>>   Bus
>> Sorta-kinda but that's mostly reserved for the T2s I think.
>>
>>   Camper
>> Some of them.  But we hardly ever use the word, I think.
>>
>>   Truck
>> In many ways it is - VW carefully tread the line of US regulations at
>> least, of calling it a car for some purposes and a truck for others.
>>
>>   Rig
>> I never would, but I'm not sure I'd call anything except a radio a rig.
>>
>>   Kombi
>> Isn't that a VW name for a specific configuration of German T3?
>>
>>   Bulli
>> That's German too, someone here will know about it.
>>
>>   The original SUV
>> Pleh.
>>
>>   Others?
>> I often call it a beast.  Usually in a good way.
>>
>>
>>   Every pickup truck I see is clearly a pickup truck.
>> Huh.  Ever see an Escalade pickup?  Or a Torino?
>>
>>
>>   So what are we?  The ultimate utility vehicle, can do anything, adapts
>>> to any mission, a chameleon.  Are we in a class by ourselves?  What is
>>> our category and label?
>>>
>> Well, for a start we're in at least two classes, regular and Syncro.  Or
>> maybe a class and a superclass.  One of the things I always thought about my
>> '84 Westy, even when it was having troubles, was *willing.*  Chameleon I
>> don't like.  We're always sturdy, unprepossessing, capable, adaptable,
>> useful.  Probably brave, clean and reverent as well.  But if we weren't in a
>> class by ourselves, why would we put up with us?  I'm not a Microbus guy,
>> although I admired them when they were what was available.  I'm certainly
>> not a VW guy.  I'm not a T4 guy and although I've never seen a T5 I doubt if
>> I'm one of them either.  I might be a Sprinter guy if I had a chance to be,
>> dunno.  Ditto LT, UniMog, various other things.  But I'm definitely a
>> Vanagon guy.  What is love?  I don't know.*  What does my beloved look like?
>>   I don't know.
>>
>> *Well, I sorta kinda think I do, but not in this context.  It's a
>> continuing act of will, something else entirely.
>>
>> Yours,
>> David
>>
>