Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 15 Feb 1999.
REAL BRAIN CONTEST!!!!
alt.ascii-art
· 9 messages · 15 Feb 1999 - 18 Feb 1999
Okay, let's see jus' how much smarts some of you folks out there
gots -- fer real! Before English (in it's proper and improper forms)
and Americanisms cause the global warfare and holocost pacifically
pree-dicted by our own darlin' Veronica, tell me this:
On every GTX (the rich man's version of a Road Runner),
you got the letters GTX in big, beautiful chrome.
.
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|| _______ GTX _______ ||
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|\______________________________/|
| |(_)----\____/----(_)| |
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|_____|jro |_____|
What does GTX spell?
Winners might recieve a token lug-nut, if I think
to send it before ours gets shown at Mopar Nationals
and sold.
Jonathon R. Oglesbee
oglesbee@
mail.fullnet.net
JRO wrote: > > Okay, let's see jus' how much smarts some of you folks out there > gots -- fer real! Before English (in it's proper and improper forms) > and Americanisms cause the global warfare and holocost pacifically > pree-dicted by our own darlin' Veronica, tell me this: > > On every GTX (the rich man's version of a Road Runner), > you got the letters GTX in big, beautiful chrome. > . > ________________________ | > //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\| > ()//________________________\\() > /_/________________________\_\ > || _______ GTX _______ || > |||_______|_____.____|_______||| > |\______________________________/| > | |(_)----\____/----(_)| | > | |/ \| | > |_____|jro |_____| > > What does GTX spell? > > Winners might recieve a token lug-nut, if I think > to send it before ours gets shown at Mopar Nationals > and sold. > > Jonathon R. Oglesbee > oglesbee@ > mail.fullnet.net G="get" T="the" X=censored version of "fuck outta my goddamn way asshole!!!" -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
Really - really great guess, Krogg. Incorrect in exactitude, but perhaps right otherwise... JRO Krogg wrote in message <36C...@gtcom.net>... >JRO wrote: >> >> Okay, let's see jus' how much smarts some of you folks out there >> gots -- fer real! Before English (in it's proper and improper forms) >> and Americanisms cause the global warfare and holocost pacifically >> pree-dicted by our own darlin' Veronica, tell me this: >> >> On every GTX (the rich man's version of a Road Runner), >> you got the letters GTX in big, beautiful chrome. >> . >> ________________________ | >> //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\| >> ()//________________________\\() >> /_/________________________\_\ >> || _______ GTX _______ || >> |||_______|_____.____|_______||| >> |\______________________________/| >> | |(_)----\____/----(_)| | >> | |/ \| | >> |_____|jro |_____| >> >> What does GTX spell? >> >> Winners might recieve a token lug-nut, if I think >> to send it before ours gets shown at Mopar Nationals >> and sold. >> >> Jonathon R. Oglesbee >> oglesbee@ >> mail.fullnet.net >G="get" >T="the" >X=censored version of "fuck outta my goddamn way asshole!!!" > > > >-- > > >|"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| >| `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | >|SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | >| FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | >| / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | >| ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | >| ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | >|____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
>Message-id: <36c7bfc9.0@206.103.97.91> > On every GTX (the rich man's version of a Road Runner), >you got the letters GTX in big, beautiful chrome. > What does GTX spell? original thought was 'grand touring extraordinaire'... but with some snooping, I found the following: http://www.scruz.net/~kevwar/story/story.htm "In 1966 cars were changing and for a company like Plymouth, the days of selling practical cars were behind them. Jack L Smith, the chief product planing manager, knew that Plymouth needed a hot rod to lure the youth market away from cars like the mustang and GTO. He took out a yellow legal pad and began jotting down letters. GT was first, then through the alphabet he added letters to the end. When he came upon GTX the name was cast in stone." You are just too tricky Jonny! :) -joan -- ,%%%%%%%, ,%%/\%%%%/\%, ,%%%\c "" J/%%, joan stark spu...@juno.com %%%%/ d b \%%% %%%% _ |%%% ASCII ART GALLERY: `%%%%(=_Y_=)%%' http://www.ascii-art.com/ jgs `%%%%`\7/%%%' `%%%%%%%'
Spunk1111 wrote in message <199...@ng96.aol.com>... >>Message-id: <36c7bfc9.0@206.103.97.91> >> On every GTX (the rich man's version of a Road Runner), >>you got the letters GTX in big, beautiful chrome. >> What does GTX spell? > >original thought was 'grand touring extraordinaire'... but with some snooping, >I found the following: > >http://www.scruz.net/~kevwar/story/story.htm >"In 1966 cars were changing and for a company like Plymouth, the days of >selling practical cars were behind them. Jack L Smith, the chief product >planing manager, knew that Plymouth needed a hot rod to lure the youth market >away from cars like the mustang and GTO. He took out a yellow legal pad and >began jotting down letters. GT was first, then through the alphabet he added >letters to the end. When he came upon GTX the name was cast in stone." > >You are just too tricky Jonny! :) > >-joan Dear Joan, You are just too clever to have discovered how the GTX got its name. I am deeply impressed. This display of interest warms my heart in a sea of nostalgia. You truly are a gentlelady and a scholar.... But..... Despite Smith's originating the nomenclature, it DOES spell something, to the initiates of hotrodology. If you are able to find out WHAT it spells, then I will promise to bare your children. JRO
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JRO wrote in message <36c7bfc9.0@206.103.97.91>...
>Okay, let's see jus' how much smarts some of you folks out there
>gots -- fer real! Before English (in it's proper and improper forms)
>and Americanisms cause the global warfare and holocost pacifically
>pree-dicted by our own darlin' Veronica, tell me this:
>
> On every GTX (the rich man's version of a Road Runner),
>you got the letters GTX in big, beautiful chrome.
> .
> ________________________ |
> //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\|
> ()//________________________\\()
> /_/________________________\_\
> || _______ GTX _______ ||
> |||_______|_____.____|_______|||
> |\______________________________/|
> | |(_)----\____/----(_)| |
> | |/ \| |
> |_____|jro |_____|
>
>
> What does GTX spell?
>
>
> Winners might recieve a token lug-nut, if I think
>to send it before ours gets shown at Mopar Nationals
>and sold.
>
> Jonathon R. Oglesbee
> oglesbee@
> mail.fullnet.net
>
>
>
>
>
>
Doug Wilson wrote in message ... >In article <UEgy2.17$xT6...@news12.ispnews.com>, "Donovan" ><don...@misslink.net> wrote: > >> Grand Touring Experimental >> >> *Grinning All-Over* > >Uh Oh, Now JRO is gonna want to bear your children instead of Joan's :) Dear Doug, Donovan's original post has not made it to my newsreader, as of yet. Since I have a crummy newsreader, I often miss posts. I will reply via your's, until I either see his, or in the event that his never turns up here. --> It would appear I will not have to bar no chillun' to Donovan. Altho his guess are a good un, it are not kerrect. <-- I will, however, promise to have the baby of whoever does provide the proper answer. Once again: GTX spells something. What? I may know little, and in truth, there is little worth knowing. But this is one thing I DO know, and nobody has figgered it out yet. Thanks for the post, JRO oglesbee@ mail.fullnet.net
>Message-id: <dwi...@reggae-06-253.nv.iinet.net.au> >> Grand Touring Experimental >> >> *Grinning All-Over* > >Uh Oh, Now JRO is gonna want to bear your children instead of Joan's :) that's ok... I have four kids already... :) .===. / ,,, \ .===. ( /6.6\ ) ////\\\ .===. )( _ )( ((/6.6\)) /_____\__ .===. ( ,'---', ) )( _ )( `\/6.6\/--` ////\\\ / (\-/) \ ((()---())) ( _ ) \/6.6\/ /_ /o o\ _\ / `@` \ ,'---', ( _ ) | _\ Y /_ | /\/ \/\ / _ \ ,'---', \(_ `~` _)/ \ | | / /_/ (_) \_\ / \ / / \ \ \| |/ \ | (_) | / /_/ \_\ / ()/^\() \ |_____| \|_____|/ \| |/ /. . . . . .\ |__|__| | | | (|_____|) `"`"|`|`|"`"` | | | | | | |__|__| |_|_| |_|_| \__|__/ |_|_| jgs _|_|_|_ _|_|_|_ _|_|_|_ _|_|_|_ (___|___) (___|___) (___|___) (___|___) MAUREEN MOLLY IAN PETER age 10 age 9 age 8 age 6 -joan -- __ __ / \ / \\""'-./ \ e\__o | e / | | ,__/ joan stark \_______/ spu...@juno.com / \\ / | \ \\_ ASCII ART GALLERY ; \ \_ |_) http://www.ascii-art.com | \___) | _ | /_-/ | jgs _; ----/ |__/ \_\__________/
Okay.... any more guesses? If not, then the answer is soon to follow.... JRO
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