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    Chris,
    
    Just because you don't make enough money to afford a car doesn't mean
    that you need to dump on people who have them.
    
    Methinks you need professional help to get over this resentment.
    
    hth.
    
    

Wot about Volvo drivers? 

    Go to bed you'll all feel better in the morning.

    Not only do I not make enough money to afford a car but my social
    status (lowest of the low) allows me to dump on whoever I feel like
    because my opinion isn't worth diddly squat. My inability to reach the
    status quo through wage comparison pushes me to the margins where I
    feel tired, alone and free.

    Think about this carefully people:
    
               What can one expect from people who need speed bumps?
    
    re-.2 I think they put wheels on cars so that people wouldn't mistake
    them for big steel reclining chairs. Unfortunately people dont seem to
    have clued in and still believe that their car is just an extension of
    their living room and the world just a big TV screen. 
    
    The world is our playground; we shall not want.

compEtent

    Do you guys really want to hear the long boring story that explains why
    I cant spell worth beetle dung?
    
    Enrichment classes during grades 6,7&8.  Thats right I was deemed an
    advanced student. So what does an advanced student who is growing up
    during the beginings of the information age get taught? Math, math math
    and more math. I did not have one spelling or grammer test (or lesson
    for that matter) after grade 5. 
    
    So please point out every spelling and grammer mistake I make. It is
    satisfying for me to see concrete evidence of the mismanagement of my
    education which I have been at loose ends to try and repair myself. 
    
    chris
    

grammAr

poPulation

re basenote,

don't labour the point, Frank.

Chris.

    
    .9
    
    Hey, Chris, I did those same classes, for grades 5 through 8.  You
    can't expect school to teach you how to spell each and every word;
    you have to learn how to spell (and how to write, for that matter)
    by READING!!  LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of reading.
    
    On the subject of speed bumps...I can think of a few people in 
    this company who can be best described as `speed bumps'.
    (I'm not referring to you, Chris.  :^)
    
    jc
    

    Hey John - I don't even know what that means!  I'm not sure whether or
    not I should be flattered or insulted...

    
    HEY!  You're not the only Chris in here y'know!!   ;^)
    
    I was talking to Chris Wilson (but not referring to him).
    
    As for the `speedbumps', I can't name them until September 28th.  ;^)
    
    

    If I see someone being a plonker on the roads,I back off until said
    plonker is well away from me.
    
    It`s just not worth working yourself up into a lather about.
    

Heah come da cah

Heah come da cah

Heah come da cah...

Cahs don't drive people; people do.

And remember, the more you drive the less
intelligent you are (Repo Man).

When they asked him what he thought about
Bruce Springsteen's music, he replied:

"I don't think about his music; I don't own a car."

Oooo, what's his name?? 

    ray davies

    Ray Davies

Notes collision...... I'm not questioning whether or not you
were right Marc.  Just took a guess before reading your reply.

yes yes yes, thank you.

    >Marc
        ^ <glare>

Please.  It's Mark Emile.

oops... humble apologies.   I thought with such a French sounding
last name, you would spell your first name en francais as well.

    Yeah, listen to Bonnie Gail. ;-)

>listen to Bonnie Gail

Sounds southern, donut?

I was named after the little girl who broke her
neck falling of the horsey in GWTW.  Geeziz.  

off

    
      The automobile is overrated.
    
      bb

I'd much rather have a decent public transportation
system, but then, I'm a lefty looney.

 .34 not to mention a bimbo.

Oy vey.  A bimbo?  I was called a bimbo?

I know that Hammy called Oph a bimbo...
is this a literary reference?

 it's not a Hammy reference, but it is a Meaty reference.
 close.

Baby you can drive my car!
Yes I'm gonna be a star!

    
    
    Baby you can drive my car,
    And baby I love you
    

    
    
    	I sincerely hope you're talking to me! :)
    
    
    jim

    
    
    :*)  I was adding the next lines from the song Sweetie,
    but I'll sing it for you any day. :*)
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

    
    
    	{swoon}
    
    

    Baby you can drive my car,
    And baby I love you
        ^^^^
       "maybe"
    
    Which actually makes the song more interesting, since it's
    intended primarily as a coy tease in the first place.
    
    Chris

It's not 'baby'?  All this time I've been operating
under yet another little cloud of misconception...
things can be so ambiguous...
 
But you're right, 'maybe' lends a certain mystique
to the lyrics...

    
    
    WOW!  I never knew that!!  All this time I've
    been singing the WRONG word!  Oh well, it's not
    like that's never happened before....
    
    Thanks for the correction.  
    
    
    Terrie
    

It's astonishing, isn't it?  You go along
in life singing the wrong word, thinking that
everything is hunky dory and then, wham!
Out of the blue, reality hits you in the kisser!

    
    
    Well, it didn't actually hit me in the kisser, but 
    it was enlightening.  :*)
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

Reminds me of the time I had to correct my best pal's
interpretation of an old James Taylor ditty.  I says to
her, I says, "Joanie, it's _not_ "you've got YOUR friend",
it's "you've got A friend"".

 .48  <guffaw>

    That's okay, I used to think that the line in "Will You Still Love
    Me Tomorrow" that referred to "the magic of your sighs" was saying
    "the magic of your thighs".
    
    I liked my version better...
    
    Oh, btw, I'll check my Beatles lyrics book; the line in question
    could be "And maybe I'll love you", not "And maybe I love you".
    Even more nitpicky, but it does make a semantic difference in
    those oh-so-critical moments.
    
    Chris

So Chris, is it 'maybe' or 'baby'??

I simply cannot face the weekend not knowing.
I suppose I could do the research, but you promised!!

    Oh, good, thanks, I wanted to post the answer, but I'd forgotten
    what inappropriate topic we were talking about this in, so thanks
    for the reminder here...
    
    The line is (drum roll please):  "And maybe I'll love you"
    
    Note the "I'll", not "I".  That (as well as the maybe/baby thing)
    is an important nitpicky semantic difference for those of us, like
    me, who continue to seek deep meaning in these songs, thirty years
    later.  :-)
    
    Chris

Aha, very well.  On to Dylan :-)