In this instance, the word is spelled "phat." I have no idea why.
Rick Gregory wrote:
> Hi all,
> Thought I'd share a little story. I took the wife,
> (and we crammed the dog behind the seats) dropped the
> top, and drove the spit down to the local Dairy Queen
> for a sundae. After placing my order I drove to the
> pick-up window. I could tell by the voice on the
> speaker the girl working the window was rather young.
> When we drove up to pay she looked like she was about
> 14.
>
> Anyway, when she looked and saw the car she
> enthusiastically blurted out, "Wow! Fat Car". I was
> like "excuse me". At first I thought maybe something
> was wrong with the car (typical Spit owner response,
> eh?). Then I thought maybe it was some sort of
> put-down. Finally I decided maybe she meant "Fast
> Car". I was about to explain my 1500 engine wasn't
> about to win any races when my wife, noticing I was
> perplexed, informed me it was a compliment. "Fat", my
> wife explained, is like "bad", "hot", "radical", you
> know--"cool". It was a landmark occassion for me
> actually, foreshadowing proof at 29 soon to be 30 I'm
> already falling from the mainstream.
>
> So don't make my mistake, listers. Be informed, you
> are driving fat cars!
>
> --Rick
>
> ===
> --Rick
>
> Spitfire page at http://www.apiinc.com/rick/spitrec.html
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"I don't regret any of the things I've done, just some of the things I
wanted to do, but didn't."
-R. A. Woodward (conn@wctc.net)
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