Great piece, Carlos! We needed some levity after all this serious
discussion of egos, politics and a one Club monopoly.
Vrooom vrooom,
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carlos Cruz" <healey3000bn7@yahoo.com>
To: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: NATIONAL ICE CREAM SOCIAL DAY
> NBC News
> Date Line: August 16, 2005
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> Peter Pullyurchain
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> National Frozen Dairy Correspondent
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> Dairy farmers and ice cream vendors throughout North America have grown
> quite concerned over rumors of a possible invasion from the British well
> at least British car owners. Rumors have been flying on the Internet
> about a British car club with a Jeckel and Hyde identity crisis. Part of
> the time they go by the name Austin Healey Club USA and other times Austin
> Healey Club of America. In both cases they have chosen to alienate fellow
> car owners in Canada and Mexico. Al Gore, inventor of the Internet and
> former Vice President of the United States had no immediate comment.
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> Bob Utter, spokesman for the National Dairy Council held a press
> conference yesterday and expressed concern over the proximity of the hot
> little cars and ice cream. This could be a disaster. Most sewer systems
> in the US are not equipped to handle a flood of melted ice cream. All of
> those mobile ovens should be shipped back to the UK.
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> Similar sentiments are streaming in from dairy farmers. Cecil Nekk, known
> as Red to his fellow Dairy Farmers had this to say, Who dem Brits tink
> de r? Bringin all dem tiny foraine microwave ovens nere me bovines. Dis
> iz Merica. We drive Merican steel ova here.
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> The Ice Cream Vendors Association spokeswoman, Margarita (Margaret) Vaca
> Del Rancho attempted to diffuse the situation. Weve tried to help our
> membership understand that there really is no reason for concern. We have
> it on good authority that 98.1% of this group use trailers to move their
> cars. We suspect the other 2% do not know about the event. The primary
> concern for our vendors will be adequate trailer parking.
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> Several attempts were made to reach Reid Trummel of the Austin Healey Club
> USA organization for comment. Evidently he is keeping a low profile
> following his affiliation transplant surgery. Don Lenschow, President of
> the organization only had this to say, This event is utterly ridiculous.
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