

| Subject: | Re: nicknames for generations: THE answer!!! :) |
| Date: | Wed, 5 Oct 94 10:32:06 EDT |
> > ok, ok. i got it!! :) > > the first generation was called Bulli (which had something to do with a > german slang name for an ox or draught-horse (that's work-horse to you > Yanks). > > the second generation was called Bus or Bread-loaf (cause it looked like > that dancing loaf of bread in the commercials) or Bay-Window (because of > the huge single piece windshield). > > the third generation was called Vanagons (cause of a bunch of stupid > advertising twits) or Bricks (cause of the squared-off shaped resemblance > to said construction material). > > so ... what distinguishes the fourth generation from the others? it PULLS!!! > so it's a Puller. or Pulley. or Pulli. :) > > joel > Aha! puli, n., a long-haired sheepdog of a Hungarian breed (Amer. Heritage Dictionary). I once knew one; it was the noisiest yap dog I've ever met. Neil Wigley U of Windsor
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