Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cvl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!jcw From: jcw@cvl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Direct Translations Message-ID: <430@cvl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 26-Jun-83 22:30:11 EDT Article-I.D.: cvl.430 Posted: Sun Jun 26 22:30:11 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 27-Jun-83 05:55:53 EDT References: rlgvax.695 <299@mit-eddi.UUCP> Organization: U. of Md. Computer Vision Lab Lines: 13 The "genuine simulated leather" quote reminded me of the back of a watch my high-school english teacher had that said: SWISS ASSEMBLED IN HONG KONG but it gets better -- the watch was called a "Bolivia" (as opposed to "Bulova") and was sold by a guy on a street corner that popped the classic line 'wanna buy a watch?'. You see, the company distributed to salesmen who were *supposed* to act that way to make the customer think he was getting a good watch cheap. The laugh was on them, though -- the teacher had it for ten years and it kept good time. -Jay Weber (seismo!rlgvax!cvl!jcw)