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Article #267Re: The new Cadillac
From: Karen O'Mara
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 00:00
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Good one, Chief. The other night at Arco at Shoreline and Middlefield, an unusual car pulled up next to me. Of course, I had to ask a few questions. One of 10 only left in the US -- a 1938 Cadillac. Mostly built to order, driven by limo drivers, it was one dang *big* car. Fancy, too. Karen <crossposted to ba.singles without permission> Fire Chief wrote: > > * Forwarded by : Blue Wave v2.12 > > The New Cadillac > > A man and his wife were driving through country on his way from > New York to California. > > Looking at his fuel gauge, he decided to stop at the next > gasoline station and fill up. About 15 minutes later, he spots > a Mobil station and pulls over to the high octane pump. > > "What can I do for ya'll?" asks the attendant. > > "Fill `er up with high test," replies the driver. > > While the attendant is filling up the tank, he's looking the car > up and down. > > "What kinda car is this?" he asks. "I never seen one like it > before." > > "Well," responds the driver, his chest swelling up with pride, > "this, my boy is a 1999 Cadillac DeVille." > > "What all's it got in it?" asks the attendant. > > "Well," says the driver, "it has everything. It's loaded with > power steering, power seats, power sun roof, power mirrors, > AM/FM radio with a 10 deck CD player in the trunk with 100 watts > per channel, 8 speaker stereo, rack and pinion steering, disk > brakes all around, leather interior, digital instrument package, > and best of all, a 8.8 liter V12 engine." > > "Wow," says the attendant, "that's really something!" > > "How much do I owe you for the gasoline?" asks the driver. > > "That'll be $30.17," says the attendant. > > The driver pulls out his money clip and peels off a $20 and a > $10. He goes into his other pocket and pulls out a handful of > change. Mixed up with the change are a few golf tees. > > "What are those little wooden things?" asks the attendant. > > "That's what I put my balls on when I drive," says the driver. > > "Wow," says the attendant, "those Cadillac people think of > everything, don't they!" > > ! Origin: Massapequa, NY > > Firemen are proud of their hoses. > ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 > --- > | WarpGate: Fire Chief 52:1000/211 > | Internet: fire.chief@warpgate.com > | The WarpGate Network Internet Gateway El Cajon, CA.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 110235,aac1ec34dc00c121,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110235,public X-Google-Thread: 108342,e3a742c4a980616f X-Google-Attributes: gid108342,public From: Karen O'Mara <karen@randomgraphics.com> Subject: Re: The new Cadillac Date: 1998/11/24 Message-ID: <365B3750.70A8@randomgraphics.com> X-Deja-AN: 415318611 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <323_9811231900@warpgate.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: nntp1.ba.best.com 911947543 12780 206.86.246.213 Organization: Random Graphics, Inc. http://www.randomgraphics.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: karen@randomgraphics.com Newsgroups: sdnet.singles,ba.singles