

| Subject: | Re: Hoover(ism) |
| From: | Pierce, John D |
| Date: | Mon, 14 Sep 1998 14:42:25 -0400 |
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 > >
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