Oh ok, Nick... Just checking... <bg>... Rodney... ;-)
On 7/15/05, Niclas Runarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, Rodney. I'm not French or Cajun. I'm 50/50 Swedish/Icelandic... so > called "Swandic". I didn't "come up with" the story. My mother's second > cousin is a short-fused Namibian (who has left his desk job and is today > giving swimming lessons). Mom was the one with the facts..... > > /Nick > > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För > Rodney Barilleaux > Skickat: den 16 juli 2005 00:33 > Till: [email protected] > Ämne: Re: [VFB] Vest or chestpack... (second attempt) > > > ROFLMAO... Wouldn't you know it... Only Nick could come up with a > story like that one... You sure you're not French, Nick?????? > Frenchmen and Cajuns can come up with some dandys... I know, I'm Cajun..> ;-) > > Rodney... ;^) > > > On 7/15/05, Niclas Runarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chuck, > > > > According to my sources, yes. Lazyness wasn't the original idea > > behind the construction though. This brand also made waders, but they > > couldn't come up with quality enough to compete on the market. So one > > day a guy got a brilliant idea. "Let's stop wasting money on producing > > useless waders that noone buys anyway... and use that money on > > something else, that will strike out every wader competitor we've ever > > had!" Of course the other board members shook their heads thinking he > > had taken the wrong pills with breakfast... his wife's > > anti-depressants instead of his own aspirins. > > > > BUT!!! After working around the clock for three days he called them up > > for another meeting and on the table were detailed blueprints of his > > idea.... a HOVER-PACK!!! With this new type of chestpack, you hover > > over the water. No need for waders (or anything that goes with it). > > They sold MANY of them and the competitors were devastated. Their > > waders/accessories started to pile up... the only ones buying waders > > were the traditional anglers that hated to see science-fiction take > > over (the same ones that never tie with foam or other synthetics). But > > one day a thing happened. The prime minister of Namibia was visiting > > USA and they took him Steelhead fishing... wearing a hover-pack. A > > connector between the solar cells and the batteries burned and > > *SPLASH*... in the water he went. They found him, barely alive, two > > miles downstream. (It's dry in Namibia... no need for swim school .) > > > > Two weeks later, the prime minister contacted the hover-pack > > manufacturers and offered to buy the entire company... and for an > > amount of money that was far beyond their dreams. They would still be > > made in US and they would all get a big raise. Nothing was going to > > change except for the ownership and their own paychecks... and > > naturally they accepted. Two weeks later the production was terminated > > and left 1200 people unemployed. Pure vengeance... > > > > > > Today the prime minister is sitting on the production rights but won't > > produce, so if you want one, check out eBay or something like that. > > You won't find one from a retail dealer. > > > > /Nick > > > > > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > > Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Chuck Alexander > > Skickat: den 15 juli 2005 22:40 > > Till: [email protected] > > Ämne: Re: [VFB] Vest or chestpack... > > > > > > Nick, That's alright.. does it come with a jet pack on back, so ya > > don't have to walk from stream to stream, lake to lake???? ROFL, Chuck > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Niclas Runarsson > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 2:48 PM > > Subject: [VFB] Vest or chestpack... > > > > > > ... a subject discussed before. Well, after a lot of web research I've > > now decided what is for me: > > http://www.ketzer.com/movie_props/armageddon_chestpack.html > > > > /Nick > > > > > > > > > > >
