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Re: My car is "Fat" (non-technical)

To: James Carpenter <james.carpenter@jccsystems.swinternet.co.uk>,
Subject: Re: My car is "Fat" (non-technical)
From: richard jackson <richard.jackson@northampton.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:35:23 +0100


> [snip]

> "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!

No such luck for this 29(soon to be 30, well OK in November)year old,
all I ever hear is either Wow, it goes!!!!!!! or Wow, fat bloke, crap
car!!!! :-)

Rich


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