My favorite Eddie story:  A top level executive at Ford in the U.S. (the
parent company of Jaguar which is the team he drives for) asked: "Who the
f*** is Edward Irvine (pronouncing it ervin) and why the f*** is he the
second highest paid Ford employee"  People in America are so ignorant about
international motorsports....

Christian Skofteland
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From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Eddie - was: Rubens (Was: Re: Insanity test)


> My favourite Eddie Irvine story:
>
> He was asked about the design of his helmet, which is orange and green.
He
> explained that he's from Northern Ireland and Protestant, so the orange is
> his Orangeman heritage.  He was then asked why he had green.
>
> He said, "so the Catholics don't blow my f*****g head off!"
>
> -frank
>
> Ed Mathews wrote:
>
> > He uses the same brutally honest approach in defense of his womanizing
> > off the track too, and that seems to works for him also.  Nobody can say
> > he's not having his fun while he can. :)
> >
>
> --
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pessimist
> fears it is true." -J. Robert
> Oppenheimer
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