Re German Joke

["Colin Barfoot" <Colin_Barfoot@msn.com>]

Phil Payne/List,
Wow now I know where the Germans got some of their inspiration for their  
designs..
re "There's a 'thump' from the back of the car, and the Turk's head appears 
over 
the passenger seat.  "Some driver you are.  If I hadn't flung the rear door 
open, we'd never have hit her!"
This is almost verbatim from a Newfie joke book published in the early 
1970's(habitants of Newfoundland Canada) joke book except replace Turk with 
Newfie and Germany with Toronto (Canada's biggest city)
The other difference is that this joke book was written by Newfoundlanders for 
Newfoundlanders and later exported to the rest of Canada (and apparently 
Germany!)
I have also heard the joke premise used with a hitchhiker being the Turk and a 
student pretending to be a mafia hitman as the driver.
Also any hood ornament works (Lincoln makes a good crosshair too.
Keep Smiling list!
(really am a P.Eng Mechanical but not with an Automotive specialty)
Colin
86 5000 CD Quattro
305,000 km