Shash:
Some years ago, my friend who is a big, brawny American attended a meeting in Japan with a whole flock of engineers and the Chairman of Honda Corp. They were sitting in a hot, sweaty room in the evening talking about my friends computer modeling of motorcycles, when the Chairman, who was sitting a few chairs away, leaned over to my friend and asked (through an interpreter), "Why do Americans like Harley's so much?" My friend immediately responded, "Because when they are sitting at a red light and they twist the bike's throttle, it says, "F**k you." The interpreter sat there and looked shocked. My friend motioned to him, go on, go on, tell him. He haltingly began to translate (it took an inordinately long period of time). The chairman furrowed his brow for awhile and struggled to understand. Then, suddenly, he brightened up, looked at my friend and said, "Ahhh, yes, f**k you!" as he nodded with a broad smile on his face.
Several years later Honda started producing bikes that sound an awful lot like Harleys.
-Sword |
