I can't tell you why. In fact, I not only draw a blank with LBC, but
where the h--- did the terms square body and box Sprite come from? Did
Sponge Bob have a Sprite? Were Sprites dropped into cereal boxes for
awhile? Should we call Midgets with imnpact bumpers eraser bodies?
jay fishbein
wallingford, ct
http://home.ix.netcom.com/~type79/
b-evans@earthlink.net wrote:
>Tell me why people own classic cars insist on calling them "LBC" or
>"Little British Cars"? Let's get it straight folks, they are LEC's or
>Little English Cars. They were not made in Wales, they were not made in
>Scotland, they were not made in Northern Ireland, they were not made in
>the Channel Isles. They were made in ENGLAND!
>
>Tell me why people who own what are now known as "Mark I" Sprites use
>English terms such as bonnet, hood, cheerio, etc., still refuse to call
>the cars by their ENGLISH name: Frogeyes? That is FROGEYE, as in
>frogs, as in Kermit! After all, they are far more loveable than a flie
>or mosquito! Or cockroach!
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