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Thread #46154   Message #684359
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
06-Apr-02 - 03:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: American English Bl**p*rs
Subject: RE: BS: American English Bl**p*rs
"Lastly, when the Australian Grand Prix took place some years ago a team was sponsored by Durex,which turned out to be what Aussies call Scotch Tape or Sellotape.The Durex logo was blanked out and replaced by LRI (London Rubber Industries)".

I seem to remember a picture of this car, in the pits, with a burst tyre!!! Great advertising!!!!

Why is it called an eggplant? It looks nothing like an egg. At least it's aubergine in colour, although, like orange, which came first, the colour or the fruit?

LTS