Subject: Time:10:38 AM
OFFICE MEMO Decanter & BMW Date:2/4/94
George Haynes wrote:
> two matching ceramic pieces, one a decanter,
> the other an ash tray, both cream / off-white with numerous small
> decal-like auto logos, most of them British (like MG in an octagon).
> Anyone ever seen something like this?
Sounds like the sort of thing gas stations used to give away free with a
fillup. My sweetie found me a partial set of glasses at a garage sale from
Mobil depicting a 100-6 and a TR3, but then they got broke. Sigh!
Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com> wrote:
> but I've always assumed its origin was from the way BMW is pronounced in
German.
Nein! Kopfenabgeschliessen!
Auf Deutschland sagt man "Bay Emm Vay".
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