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Re: The Etiquette of Waving

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Subject: Re: The Etiquette of Waving
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 20:55:35 +0100
In article <20020623173553.25079.qmail@web14501.mail.yahoo.com>, Alex
Cherington <a_flying_scotsman@yahoo.com> writes
>Hmmm......
>
>Now I am in a quandary.
>
>As I have a Stag,a TR6 and a Mk3 Spitfire I usually
>wave at everybody.
>
>Maybe I should just wave at other drivers depending on
>which car I am driving at the time.
>
>Decisions,decisions.......

<g>

I'll bet there are Stag drivers that don't wave at you when you're
driving your Stag.

To wave or not to wave is a tricky question.

Assume you are in a 1970s Spitfire.   Do you wave at the following?

Question 1.
A. Another Spitfire
B. Another convertible Triumph
C. A Triumph Toledo
D. A Triumph Acclaim
E. All of the above

Question 2.
A. An MG TF
B. An MG Midget
C. An MGB GT
D. An MG Maestro
E. All of the above

Question 3
A. An Austin A35
B. An Austin-Healey 3000
C. An Austin-Healey Sprite
D. An Austin Allegro
E. All of the above

Question 4
A. An SS_Jaguar
B. An E-type Jaguar
C. A Jaguar XJS
D. A Daimler Sovereign
E. All of the above

Question 5
A. A Convertible Morris Minor
B. A Morris Traveller
C. A Morris Oxford
D. A Morris Marina
E. All of the above

Question 6.
A. A Ford Prefect
B. A Ford Popular
C. A Mk 1 Ford Escort
D. A Mk 3 Ford Cortina
E. All of the above

What the answers tell you about yourself may be found below.  They have
been ROT-13 encrypted to stop you cheating...

Zbfgyl Nf bayl
Lbh ner n fabo, naq jvyy cebonoyl raq hc rvgure zneevrq gb Cevaprff
Orngevpr be unatvat sebz n ynzc-cbfg, pbzr gur eribyhgvba.

Zbfgyl Nf naq Of
Lbh'er n fabo nf jryy, ohg jvgu cbbere gnfgr.   Lbh'yy cebonoyl raq hc
jrnevat n oynmre jvgu snxr tbyq ohggbaf bs n ertvzrag bs juvpu lbh jrer
arire n zrzore, naq frpergnel bs lbhe ybpny Tbys Pyho.

Zbfgyl Nf, Of naq Pf.
Jryy, lbh'ir tbg lbhe urnq fperjrq ba nobhg evtug.   Lbh'yy cebonoyl raq
hc nf punvezna bs n zrepunag onax, be gur arj yrnq fvatre bs F Pyho 7.

Zbfgyl Rf
Unir lbh gubhtug bs trggvat pbhafryyvat?   Lbh'yy cebonoyl raq hc orvat
fbyq abg bar ohg gjb Gbjre Oevqtrf, naq gura tvir lbhe ynfg craal gb n
zna va n gubhfnaq-cbhaq fhvg, orpnhfr ur ybbxrq uhatel.   Gurer vf fhpu
n guvat nf orvat gbb sevraqyl, lbh xabj!

ATB

-- 
Mike
"It's a masterpiece," said the Dean. "A Triumph!"
                - "Soul Music" by Terry Pratchett

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