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Re: "Oh Lord, won't you fly me, a Mercedes-Benz" ( was Re: SUVs are rollover risks and prone fatal accidents! (NOT) )

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From: Peter D. Hipson
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 00:19
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Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV set,
Dialing for dollars is trying to reach me yet,
Worked hard all my lifetime, 
No help from my friends,
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV set.

(no, I don't think that is right... <g> )

On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 12:15:59 -0800, Steven Winters
<wintersss@tality.com> wrote:

>David Hillman wrote:
>> 
>> In article <kj5q5tsac2at2jq9drcrnjmfclrj6dt05o@4ax.com>,
>> David Jensen  <david@dajensen-family.com> wrote:
>> >That reminds me. Aside from that Mercedes a couple of years ago, has
>> >anyone managed to flip their car back-to-front?
>> 
>>    'That Mercedes' was actually three different Mercedes.  One driver
>>    even did it twice!
>> 
>>    Porsche also had the same failure mode with their 911 GT1, but only
>>    once IIRC.
>> 
>>    Now someone can save me from looking up the rest of the lyrics to
>>    that great parody of the Janis Joplin tune by posting them here ->
>> 
>> --
>>  D a v i d  H i l l m a n
>>  nma, scca, scscc, imoc
>
>Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz,
>My friends all drive Porches,
>I must make amends,
>Worked hard all my lifetime,
>No help from my friends,
>So, Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz.
>
>There was another verse about a color TV, but I don't remember it.

Peter D. Hipson
(ClubWin/ClubIE)
All email replies to phipson@acm.org 

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From: Peter D. Hipson <mail@darkstar.mv.com>
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Subject: Re: "Oh Lord, won't you fly me, a Mercedes-Benz" ( was Re: SUVs are rollover risks and prone fatal accidents! (NOT) )
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 19:19:05 -0500
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