On Tue, 8 Mar 1994, Kevin Burtch X8534 Ppppp wrote:
> > > Within the last couple of years, there's been a few reports of the
> > > Feds not allowing the sale of winged knock-off's, especially new ones
> OK I'll bite... Why?? Have they seen too many 007 movies? Do they think
> the wings are actually tire shredding blades ready to be extended from the
> axle? (boy! that was an old one! anyone know which movie? which car?)
>
Goldfinger (I think). Aston Martin (I'm sure). Shredded Mustang.
I don't think extending blades are the reason, but that you could be run
over by a LBC and the winged projections could do a job on your head.
They are dangerous, you know. Isadora Duncan died when her scarf got
caught in a wire wheel. (I think it was a Bugatti wheel, if you care. I
don't know what color the scarf was.)
Ray Gibbons
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