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Ok we have the author right but sorry wrong lyrics and wrong car; we want the lyrics that gave the real car that inspired Ian Fleming to write the books its name. Do not pass go do not collect $500. Hint the owner of the real Chitty was a polish count.
anybody know how to link this show up to the space station.. ?? i'll dedicate myself to get them down. can we get you guys back?
mach
Well I thought this show was already in an orbit well beyond that of the space station. Like right out there.:cool:
Since this the MACH Show:
Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics:
29 have been accused of spousal abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
19 have been accused of writing bad checks
117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
3 have done time for assault
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested for shoplifting
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year
Can you guess which organization this is?
Give up yet?
It's the 535 members of the United States Congress.
The US congress-I thought you were talking about the management at Microsoft. :)
Fred Gwynn was at his best on Broadway but I loved him as the Judge in:
My Cousin Vinnie
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OK Times Up so:
Count Loius Zborowski built three Chitty Chitty Bang Bangs in the 1920's. With his mechanic Clive Gallop the shoehorned a 23 litre 300 bhp Maybach Zeppelin engine into a 75 hp Mercedes chassis for Chitty 1. The other cars were similar aero engined monsters.
see http://www.brooklands.org.uk/stories...ive/STORY5.HTM
He first tried to name it "Cascara Sagrada" (a herbal laxative - Count z had a sense of humour) but track officials at Brooklands rejected the name and Zborowski then caledl it "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" after the refrain from a ribald Royal Flying Corps ditty about leave passes (chitties) and subsequent dealings with Parisian call girls (bang bang). I have never been able to track down the complete lyrics and perhaps they are lost forever. I guess the Brookland officials didn't know where it came from either or perhaps they just knew that the Count would keep trying. See http://www.krbaker.demon.co.uk/britcars/c/chitty.html
Zborowski died in 1914 racing a 2 litre works Mercedes (not a Chitty). Chitty 1 was was sold to Parry Thomas and it became the famous "Babs" in which Thomas was killed while attempting a land speed record attempt in 1927 on the Pendine Sands. Ian Fleming saw Zborowski's Chiity as a child inspiring him to write the book on which the movie was based.
Geez aussi! some story!
Yeah my cousin vinny is a good one!. You'z guys are too funny!
Fink.. that squirrel is just about that, mother has laid off bb gun fire/ cartriges.. they've homed-in bringing up artillery camping out. Know that insurance commercial where the buggers jump in front of your car? They must have filmed it here!
Got winter weather advisory here. icing etc. hope it's moving up and off the coast as we've been whacked enough.
mach
OKAY VEville deville? en francais...
How many eels does the u.s. export to france?
(we can always use it as bait)
mach