In a message dated 9/26/01 11:21:51 AM, type79@ix.netcom.com writes:
<< Yeah, What about a "Box Sprite"?
What is a "Box Sprite"?
Is that like Box Lunch?
Or maybe Jack In The Box?
Or is that a Sprite being shipping in a container on a boat?
Or, let's see, a pugilisticly inclined Sprite?
What if we start calling Bugeyes, round body Sprites?
Or are they just unboxed, or preboxed Sprites?
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Very good Jay. You may call my car a Bugeye or a Sprite, or a Frogeye.
Nobody ever called it a Mark I or a Spridget until somebody came up with
sequels, which is the style in question. So while I will tolerate Spridget,
I don't want to be something that never existed, so I don't tolerate Mark I.
I am perfectly happy with Sprite Mark III for our other car, even though it
is likely to be even more modified than the "Mark IV in disguise."
I don't mind squarebody, but since you do, hang in there. But leave my
bugeye out of it, OK.
Annice & Bob
1960 Bugeye (Mk. IV in disguise)
1966 Sprite Mk. III (Still in Boxes)
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