Reminds me of a joke I heard when I was a kid.
Several MGB's were on a tour, they all stopped for fuel at a Shell gas
station; except one, he went to the Esso station ,,,,,,,,,,, he was an
Esso B.
Sorry about that, I couldn't resist!
Larry Hoy (MGB.Roadster@juno.com)
Denver, CO USA
1969 MGB Roadster
1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
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On Tue, 16 Dec 1997 08:29:29 -0600 Jay Quinn <jpquinn@cyberramp.net>
writes:
>That reminds me of the old tale, whether it's true or not, and
>that is: "Esso" meant Stop in some language. Then they changed it to
>Exxon.
>
>Fill your car with this stuff, and it STOPS! Not good advertising.
>
>Didn't president Nixon get chased back into his plane for giving his
>Victory gesture once? It meant the F**k U gesture in the foreign land
he
>was visting.
>
>Q
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