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Re: Sick of Dissing!

To: Larry Schilling <lchillin@siu.edu>
Subject: Re: Sick of Dissing!
From: Gregory Petrolati <gpetrola@prairienet.org>
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 14:56:18 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: TRIUMPHS@Autox.Team.Net
On Wed, 28 May 1997, Larry Schilling wrote:

> Don't you just get tried of people saying....
> 
> "My sister had a Triumph, it was in the shop all the time."
> 
> "Had a Triumph once, it nickle and dimed my to death."
> 
> "We can't take your car, I want to make sure we get there."
> 
> "You drive a '73 Triumph?  You sure are a brave soul."
> 
> "What is that, some kind of MG?"
> 
> "Had an MG once.  All those British cars are junk."
> 
> "You have a '73 Triumph?  Why?"
> 
> And on, and on, and on it goes seems like everybody has an unsolicited 
>opinion. 
> 

        My favorite has always been:

        "Nice MG..."

                "It's not an MG... It's a Triumph."

        "Oh... When did MG make the Triumph?"



        Greg "SLOWLY I TURNED... Step - by - step..." Petrolati

gpetrola@prairienet.org                         1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
        "That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois


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