Maxprop wrote:

Partner: Pat Simmons - Doobie Brothers - Go ask him. You can also ask Dick
Smothers, who was not only a very good customer, but often hung around the
shop
trying to help the mechanics.

When I call up your good buddies, Pat Simmons and Dickie Smothers, what name
should I ask about? Certainly not that phoney one you've been posting at
the bottom. Do they know you as Barnacle Bill the Blowhard, too?


Wait, on second thought, don't mention my name to Dickie Smothers. He's
probably still mad at me. In '65 I talked him into being my financial
partner in a venture that didn't quite pan out. We had the exclusive
distribution rights for Whitworth Duct Tape imported into the USA.
never caught on for some reason.

BB

"Binary Bill" wrote in message
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Maxprop wrote:

Partner: Pat Simmons - Doobie Brothers - Go ask him. You can also ask
Dick
Smothers, who was not only a very good customer, but often hung around
the
shop
trying to help the mechanics.

When I call up your good buddies, Pat Simmons and Dickie Smothers, what
name
should I ask about? Certainly not that phoney one you've been posting at
the bottom. Do they know you as Barnacle Bill the Blowhard, too?


Wait, on second thought, don't mention my name to Dickie Smothers. He's
probably still mad at me. In '65 I talked him into being my financial
partner in a venture that didn't quite pan out. We had the exclusive
distribution rights for Whitworth Duct Tape imported into the USA.
never caught on for some reason.

LOL. Of course not--it took BSW scissors to cut it.

Max

In article et,
Maxprop wrote:

"Binary Bill" wrote in message
oups.com...

Maxprop wrote:

Partner: Pat Simmons - Doobie Brothers - Go ask him. You can also ask
Dick
Smothers, who was not only a very good customer, but often hung around
the
shop
trying to help the mechanics.

When I call up your good buddies, Pat Simmons and Dickie Smothers, what
name
should I ask about? Certainly not that phoney one you've been posting at
the bottom. Do they know you as Barnacle Bill the Blowhard, too?


Wait, on second thought, don't mention my name to Dickie Smothers. He's
probably still mad at me. In '65 I talked him into being my financial
partner in a venture that didn't quite pan out. We had the exclusive
distribution rights for Whitworth Duct Tape imported into the USA.
never caught on for some reason.

LOL. Of course not--it took BSW scissors to cut it.

That's be the new-fangled electric model, powered by Lucas 'Prince of
Darkness' generators.

PDW