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From: jcw@cvl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Direct Translations
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Date: Sun, 26-Jun-83 22:30:11 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 26 22:30:11 1983
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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)