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Fw: Healey Ain't No "Girly-Men's" Car

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Subject: Fw: Healey Ain't No "Girly-Men's" Car
From: "John Soderling" <jsoderling@astound.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:00:09 -0700
Subject: Re: Healey Ain't No "Girly-Men's" Car


 Graham,
 I have no problem lumping "hairy-chested" women in with the "real-men" if
we can put the "hairless-chested" men with the "chicks"....... or at lease
with the "girly-men".  :-)
 Vrooom vrooom,
John

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Vink, Graham" <vinkg@fleishman.com>
> To: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Cc: <jsoderling@astound.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:54 AM
> Subject: RE: Healey Ain't No "Girly-Men's" Car
>
>
>
>  I think John's posting is also disrespectful to women WITH hair on their
chests. A few more thoughts:

>  Guy convertibles:

>  Triumph TR6 -- square lines, heavy clutch
> TR4, TR250 The big later Jag convertibles with the V- 12 engine
>  Sunbeam, especially the Tigers
> Triumph GT6
>  Giant '60s era American convertibles -- Pontiac, Chevy, etc.
>
>  Chick convertibles:
>
>  A whole fleet of anonymous GM econobox convertibles -- Sunfire, Cavalier
>  Triumph Spitfire Bugeyes
>
>  Androgynous:
>
>  Alfa Spider
>  '80s and early '90s sedan-based BMW convertibles
>  Big Cadillac convertibles
>
>  Also, re the original Jag E-type convertible, I believe it was the late
>  Henry Manney III of Road and Track who first described it as "the
>  world's greatest crumpet catcher."
>
>  But that, of course, is disrespectful to all yeast-based products.
>
>  Graham





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