I'll see if I can dig up the Haiku he wrote about the roadster in winter
storage or four seasons. I can't remember the whole thing.
-----Original Message-----
>From: John F Sandhoff <sandhoff@csus.edu>
>Sent: Dec 22, 2006 3:27 PM
>To: Pete Peters <ppeters914@comcast.net>
>Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Dr K Meets Roadster Bob (was: A 510 Christmas)
>
>> So, anyone ever compose something similar for Roadsters?
>
>In December 2003 Terry Cost aka Leisure Suit Terry posted the following.
>
>Happy holidays, all!
>
>-- John
> John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
>
>===
>
>Dr. K meets RoadsterBob
>
>It was wet and cold,
>We could not go out and play,
>So we stayed at home,
>On that dark, dreary day
>
>In a heated garage,
>with plenty of lights,
>I put wax on my roadster,
>And dreamed of warm nights.
>
>I was angry and sad
>and a little bit dissed
>that the weather had turned
>to such nasty cold mist
>
>In the street, on the driveway
>I heard a loud song
>A big giant K
>had come dancing along.
>
>"No! No!" said my roadster,
>"Don't open the door!
>This is not the same K
>that we love and adore!"
>
>Too late! I had welcomed
>the big giant K,
>and he led me on many
>adventures that day.
>
>"Tell me Bob" said the K
>"Is it really that wet?"
>(Though my name isn't Bob
>K still calls me that yet.)
>
>"There are places to go,
>things we haven't yet seen,
>and you have in this place
>the most perfect machine."
>
>"No! No!" said my roadster,
>"I don't have a top.
>My wipers move slowly,
>and sometimes they stop.
>
>My heater is broken,
>my wires are not right.
>I fear that I cannot
>drive safely at night"
>
>"Bob" said the K
>"Do you drive this fine car?
>Can you travel to places
>to see where they are?
>
>A reliable, trustable,
>wind in your faceable
>powerful, turnable,
>fashion embraceable
>wonderful car."
>
>"I'll drive" said the K
>and he opened the door,
>and we left the garage
>with a howl and a roar.
>
>"This is fun" said my roadster,
>"I have to admit
>that the rain and the cold
>don't dismay me one bit"
>
>So many the roads
>that we traveled that day.
>So many the sights
>and the sounds on the way.
>
>As we came to the end
>of the cold, wet day
>we returned to the house
>and put roadster away.
>
>"Well, Bob", said the K
>"Have you had a good time?
>Did we go really fast?
>Did we stop on a dime?
>
>Was it wonderful, magical
>do it againable?
>
>Or was it just wet?"
>
>The roadster was sitting
>in puddles of grime.
>Some owners would surely
>have thought it a crime
>to drive in such weather
>so dark and so drear
>without top or heater
>Oh My! and Oh Dear!
>
>"Bob", said the roadster
>"Between you and me
>If you really like waxing
>then buy an MG"
>
>I turned to the K
>and I said with a smile
>"In all our adventures
>I loved every mile
>
>Soggy, foggy,
>cold as a froggy,
>slippery, slidey,
>no place to hidey,
>Rusty, trusty,
>fills me with pridey"
>
>"Good", said the K
>I expected no less.
>Here, Bob, take the keys
>and clean up this foul mess"
>
>The K sang a song
>as he danced down the street
>"If you don't drive your roadster
>the K you will meet!"
>
>
>Leisure Suit Terry
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