Only it's spelled "phat". There's several of these "ph" words in the modern
slang.
Word, man!
Laura G. and Nigel
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Gregory <rick_gregory@yahoo.com>
To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 9:44 PM
Subject: My car is "Fat" (non-technical)
>
>Hi all,
>Thought I'd share a little story. I took the wife,
>(and we crammed the dog behind the seats) dropped the
>top, and drove the spit down to the local Dairy Queen
>for a sundae. After placing my order I drove to the
>pick-up window. I could tell by the voice on the
>speaker the girl working the window was rather young.
>When we drove up to pay she looked like she was about
>14.
>
>Anyway, when she looked and saw the car she
>enthusiastically blurted out, "Wow! Fat Car". I was
>like "excuse me". At first I thought maybe something
>was wrong with the car (typical Spit owner response,
>eh?). Then I thought maybe it was some sort of
>put-down. Finally I decided maybe she meant "Fast
>Car". I was about to explain my 1500 engine wasn't
>about to win any races when my wife, noticing I was
>perplexed, informed me it was a compliment. "Fat", my
>wife explained, is like "bad", "hot", "radical", you
>know--"cool". It was a landmark occassion for me
>actually, foreshadowing proof at 29 soon to be 30 I'm
>already falling from the mainstream.
>
>So don't make my mistake, listers. Be informed, you
>are driving fat cars!
>
>--Rick
>
>
>===
>--Rick
>
>Spitfire page at http://www.apiinc.com/rick/spitrec.html
>
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