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[Spridgets] THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Subject: [Spridgets] THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
From: grunthaner at gmail.com (Linda Grunthaner)
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:31:18 -0800
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Thanks Rudy & Carol,
I hope others on the list are getting messages.
Lin

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 6:25 AM,  <CAWS52803 at aol.com> wrote:
> THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
> by Lucy Mae Globule
> The Steering Wheel newsletter
> Atlanta Region
> SCCA - December 1966
>
>
>
> 'Twas the night before Christmas, and out on the street,
> Sat my poor little Healey, all covered with sleet.
> The starter was frozen, the battery dead,
> And clusters of icicles hung from the head.
> Carol with the cables, and I with the crank,
> Were trying to start it, but drawing a blank.
> The best we could raise was a weak little clatter,
> When what did our wandering eyeballs perceive,
> But a fat little man you just wouldn't believe.
> His cap was made up from a bundle of wire,
> The tails of his coat were a crackling fire;
> His eyes were like light bulbs (and one didn't work);
> The man was a real electrical jerk!
>
> He opened the bonnet and started to poke,
> Thus causing a short and a puff of blue smoke.
> He crackled and sizzled, then giving a zap,
> He fractured the damn distributor cap.
> He walked to the back end and giving a thump,
> He jammed up the points on my Lucas fuel pump.
> And laying a finger aside of his nose,
> He sizzled away while the two of us froze.
> He sprang to his car, in a movement so smart,
> We almost expected the damn thing to start.
> The starter turned over, the engine roared out,
> And over the clatter we heard Lucas shout;
> "Out MG, Out SPRIDGET,  Out HEALEY, and SPRITE,
> Out LUCAS IGNITION this cold winter's night!"
> And we heard him exclaim as skyward he roared,
> "So long, crazy YANKEES!  I'm powered by Ford!"
>
> Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the Healey owners out there.
> Rudy & Carol Streng
> Lenoir, NC
> BN4, AN5
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