Boy do we have fun on the British Pre-War list! For example:
>Thought you might be interested in the early Soviet auto technology. Kinda
>brings new meaning to "Windtone"... sf
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>Dear Dr. Science,
>If I put my car battery in backwards, will the horn suck?
>
>Bill Wells, Charlotte, NC
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>Yes, and it could very well be a viable form of propulsion, albeit a noisy
>one. The Soviet Scientist Sergei Maschinovskii, called the "Father of the
>Russian Truck" devised a large vehicle that gulped air into a funnel
>mounted on the hood, and expelled it noisily out the rear. He called it the
>Great Flatulator, and hundreds of thousands were manufactured and sold
>behind the iron curtain. You could hear one coming a mile away, which
>inadvertently contributed to its high safety rating. No one ever failed to
>know when a Flatulator was near.
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>Stan Fickes Nothing is more rewarding than to watch
>Software Engineer someone who says it can't be done get
>I-Cube, Inc. interrupted by someone actually doing it.
>
See you on the Funway! - Rick Feibusch - Venice, CA
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