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Re: Forgive me, NASCAR (Was: Forgive me ...)
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Sun, 5 Sep 1999 00:19:15 GMT
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ROTFL ...
I suppose one could make that mistake .. :)
NASCAR racing is growing in the US though other countries
have F-1 or GTP ... Nascar seems to be a US-only thing.
Sproaticus wrote:
> Lee Jorgensen wrote:
> > Alas, I'm 'Jeff Gordon' Nascar complete ... :/
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> You're going to want to shoot me.
I'll just mame ... :)
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> I thought NASCAR was some Nestle' Corporation marketing gimmick. Very early
> on I thought it was some kind of drink, but then walking down the Wal-Mart
> aisles I noticed it was obviously the multinational conglomerate's foray
> into toys. Makes sense.: NAS (Nestle') CAR (little toy cars). Uglier than
> Micromachines, with half the weapons. The part I couldn't figure was why
> they were exclusively using country singers for mascots.
??? ... ok ... you just lost me here ...
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> And just how well can Jeff Gordon sing? Not too well, I hear...
No ... but his wife is a looker ... :)
Of course, I don't know how well she can sing either ...
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> I've since learned the ugly truth. Arg. I've come out of the
> NASCAR-ignorant closet. :-, I think I'll go back in now...
Hmmm ... Nascar has only been around for 50 years ... relatively
new to the US ... :P
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
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> --
> Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
> He stands...like some sort of...PAGAN GOD or DEPOSED TYRANT. Staring out
> over the city he's sworn to...to stare out over... And it's evident...just
> by looking at him...that he's got some PRETTY HEAVY THINGS ON HIS MIND.
> - Ben Edlund, 1996
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