On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:49 AM, John Macartney wrote:
> ...And for those listers who don't understand "us Brits"
>
I once heard story from a Brit visiting the US for the first time. Arriving
at his hotel he discovered he had forgotten to bring toothpaste. Went into
a drug store (chemist) and asked for a tube of it. The one the clerk handed
him was marked 'Large'.
He said "Oh I'm only visiting here a short while, I just need a small tube".
The clerk said "That's it. There's 'Large', 'Family' and 'Giant'. Large is
the smallest we've got."
He said that phrase stuck with him as he travelled our country -- "Large is
the smallest we've got".
Certainly most of the US cars of the 50s were designed with that thought.
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