On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 FOURoFOUR@aol.com wrote:
> The "safety items" included no more eared knock offs, safrty glass, and lap
> belts on cars. And I do know that insurace companies get nervous around wire
> wheels with Ears....you know that famous actress that got her head yanked off
> when her scarf got caught on those ears while she wa s driving her
> convertable...I forget her name...long before my time.
It was a dancer, Isadora Duncan. I doubt that sad accident was what they
were thinking of, otherwise they would also have banned long scarves. Why
be half safe?
My Alpine has *three-eared* knock offs. (Thumbs nose at picture of Ralph
Nader posing with the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety.)
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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