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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. :) > > > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .