Keith Kaplan wrote:
> While we're offering WAGs, here's mine:
>
> Rallies often end at restaurants. Since so many great cars are/were
> made in Italy, it seems appropriate to meet at an Italian restaurant.
> When a finisher is in sight, they set another table, and the driver can
> see from afar the checkered tablecloth flying over the table, and it was
> his sign he was near the end.
>
> This explains both the checkered pattern and why the flag is waved.
CNK (Coffee-Nose-Keyboard) ;=)
That's a good one, but isn't an Italian tablecloth a red/white
checkerboard? Isn't a true checkerboard red and black? Where did the
black/white come from???
This sounds like a job for Click and Clack. Where's James Burke when
you need him?
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