Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2016-02-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
"Not me" --R On 2/27/16 12:17 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: What would you call whoever buys it? On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 7:56 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes > wrote: Apparently no crack, just idiocy

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2016-02-26 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What would you call whoever buys it? On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 7:56 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Apparently no crack, just idiocy > > https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5466309530.html > > --R > > ___ >

Re: [MBZ] CL Idiot of the Day

2012-04-06 Thread andrew strasfogel
Seems like a nice little car but lacks styling or pizzazz. On 4/5/12, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Sadly, sales people are not always car people and not all that knowledgeable. They may have had the receptionist enter the ad. Randy On 05/04/2012 4:49 PM, WILTON wrote: A 6 cyl

Re: [MBZ] CL Idiot of the Day

2012-04-05 Thread WILTON
A 6 cyl V-8? How dey do dat? Two of 8 are not working, or ? Wilton - Original Message - From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 5:40 PM Subject: [MBZ] CL Idiot of the Day The white

Re: [MBZ] CL Idiot of the Day

2012-04-05 Thread Randy Bennell
Sadly, sales people are not always car people and not all that knowledgeable. They may have had the receptionist enter the ad. Randy On 05/04/2012 4:49 PM, WILTON wrote: A 6 cyl V-8? How dey do dat? Two of 8 are not working, or ? Wilton - Original Message - From: Rich Thomas

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-06 Thread Hans Neureiter
You thought right. On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Jerry Herrman jer...@san.rr.com wrote: I thought the singular was bacterium and the plural was bacteria. -- Hans Neureiter, Katy, TX '82 300SD '01 VW New Beetle 1.9L TDI ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-05 Thread Jim Cathey
http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/2735887852.html If the idiot can't even spell the name of the car, much less the town he lives in And how would he even know the enjuion numbers match, without also knowing that potential buyers might just want to know exactly what enjuion it had, or

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-05 Thread andrew strasfogel
When we first began to purchase used Mercedes in northern VA and then suburban MD, it seemed like 90 percent of the sellers were Iranians. I have a pretty good ear for their pronunciation and syntax, and this CL post sounds like a literal spelling of Iranian-pronounced English. What might have

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-05 Thread Hans Neureiter
All I can say, this CL Idiot does not mean to be an Idiot. Give him an E for effort (he put pictures in the add). By the way, is it Mercedes (began to purchase used Mercedes in northern VA) or Mercedeses or Mercedi? Fungus - Fungi Virus - Viruses Bacteria -Bacterii On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:14 AM,

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-05 Thread Dieselhead
Goose-Geese Mercedoose-Mercedes :. (therefore) Mercedes is plural All I can say, this CL Idiot does not mean to be an Idiot. Give him an E for effort (he put pictures in the add). By the way, is it Mercedes (began to purchase used Mercedes in northern VA) or Mercedeses or Mercedi? Fungus -

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-05 Thread andrew strasfogel
Mercedes is also the plural, IMHO. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote: All I can say, this CL Idiot does not mean to be an Idiot. Give him an E for effort (he put pictures in the add). By the way, is it Mercedes (began to purchase used Mercedes in

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-04 Thread andrew strasfogel
His english is phoneticized Iranian-English. On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:13 PM, clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net wrote: http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/2735887852.html save this car no interest or affiliation clay 1972 220D - Gump - She is green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Cleo -

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-04 Thread Dieselhead
What's an enjuion ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-04 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Sounds more Mexican to me. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2011, at 6:30 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: His english is phoneticized Iranian-English. On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:13 PM, clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net wrote: http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/2735887852.html

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-04 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Maybe it's a Cajun pronunciation. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2011, at 6:21 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: What's an enjuion ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-04 Thread Russ Williams
NO WAY Cajun On 12/4/2011 5:35 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: Maybe it's a Cajun pronunciation. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2011, at 6:21 PM, Dieselhead126die...@gmail.com wrote: What's an enjuion ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-04 Thread G Mann
Further evidence the Department of Education has been enhanced with government billions and teachers unions, while the ACLU has ensured that no child was left in class at advancement time regardless of course work or class standing. Spelling is now an elective class, with Ebonics being one of the

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-04 Thread Allan Streib
andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com writes: His english is phoneticized Iranian-English. I suppose different people are more or less forgiving of ads like this, but if I were posting to CL in a foreign country I'd have a trusted native speaker proofread it for me. Allan -- 1983 300D 1979

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-04 Thread Dieselhead
Spelling is now an elective class, with Ebonics being one of the accepted word forms. Which is humorous, since ebonics is derived from back country irish, but we claim it is african. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-04 Thread Mountain Man
Grant wrote: Is this a great country or what? You wish. If they could allow diversity, we might not have this shoved down our throats, but, no - we all gotta go to school and get educated by the gov't in their way of learning instead of some diversity. Some speak american english, some speak

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-04 Thread Rich Thomas
I think ebonics is actually derived from Gullah, which was slave english (actually a hodgepodge of various languages/pronunciations, including African and European). Most of my neighbors are Gullah, and speak Gullah, which sounds a lot like Jamaican English when they get going, but also seems

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-04 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Hence the term CL idiot:) I don't think the CL idiot was communicating in ebonics, he was probably just a dumbass. --R On 12/4/11 6:50 PM, Dieselhead wrote: Spelling is now an elective class, with Ebonics being one of the accepted word forms. Which is humorous, since ebonics is derived from

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the day

2011-12-04 Thread Dieselhead
I don't think the CL idiot was communicating in ebonics, he was probably just a dumbass. --R I'd guess Andrew is right, because it looks like nothing I have seen. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] cl idiot of the day

2011-08-21 Thread Allan Streib
redghost redgh...@comcast.net writes: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/2550239923.html no interest, not mine, at least post the right picture Ha. Funny he even explains the picture issue more or less as: The car I'm selling looks so bad I'm going to use a picture of a different car in

Re: [MBZ] CL Idiot of the day

2011-01-09 Thread Bob Rentfro
Who needs more pictures?!? Bob R On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Photo and description winner -- both categories http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/2150999780.html --R ___