Chick Magnette would be a better way to put it.
Don Scott
nAt 08:33 AM 6/22/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Bill -
>
>MG a Chick Magnet? ABSOLUTELY!!
>
>When I was living at home, you wouldn't believe how many girls lost all
>sense looking at my Dad's '47 TC (and went out with me as a result). I've
>observed similar female responses to my '77 Midget, so SOMEthing in the
>female psyche resonates to MGs, and has remained constant over 30 years of
>styling changes.
>
>Does it happen with other kinds of sports cars? Yes, but each seems to
>attract a different personality among women. (I assume that the same thing
>happens with men, but I have less natural curiosity about that phenomena.
><grin>) Of course, since I managed to land the perfect woman about 16
>years ago, it has become merely a matter of curiosity.
>
>I've even gone to the point of actually asking what it is about the car (or
>the assumption they make about the owner/driver) that makes it so
>appealing. Responses have varied, but generally included some combination
>of a man who is romantic and fun-loving, but still gentleman enough to take
>home to Momma.
>
>A whole new meaning to "Safety Fast"? <grin>
>
>Chris Kotting
>ckotting@iwaynet.net
>
>Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:31:25 -0500
>From: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
>Subject: MG a Chick Magnet?
>
>Maybe times have changed but in the Seventies I had no luck attracting the
>opposite sex with the B. In Northern Minnesota it was just a strange old
>car. But then again if I had done a better job of getting the grease off
>my hands, the machine oil out of my clothes, and the cowsh*t off my boots
>maybe the results would have been different. Who knows.
>
>BTW the person who finally decided to put up with me for life did so even
>though my daily driver was a 74 Datsun 610 coupe painted primer brown with
>a roof rack, no muffler to speak of, and wool blankets tied over the seats
>for seat covers. Needless to say, we drove her car on most dates. The
>machine oil and grease were still there but by then I had lost the cowsh*t.
> By this time aromatic stimuli was provided almost exclusively by stale
>beer.
>
>Regards,
>Bill Eastman
>61 MGA
>
>
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