<VV> Thanksgiving Travel Adventure <no corvair>

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Yeah, but they did have a Pontiac Tempest with a rear transaxle! But, alas, they ignored the existence of the Corvair, specifically, the Spyder. 


Vinny Gambini:How could you be so sure? 
Mona Lisa Vito:Becausethere is no way that these tire marks were made by a '64 Buick Skylarkconvertible. These marks were made by a 1963 Pontiac Tempest. 
D.A. Jim Trotter:Objection, Your Honor! Can we clarify to the court whether the witness is stating opinion or fact? 
Judge Chamberlain Haller:This is your opinion? 
Mona Lisa Vito:It's a fact! 
Vinny Gambini:I find it hard to believe that this kind of information could be ascertained simply by looking at a picture! 
Mona Lisa Vito:Would you like me to explain? 
Vinny Gambini:I would love to hear this! 
Judge Chamberlain Haller:So would I.

Mona Lisa Vito:Thecar that made these two, equal-length tire marks had positraction. Youcan't make those marks without positraction, which was not available onthe '64 Buick Skylark! 
Vinny Gambini:And why not? What is positraction? 
Mona Lisa Vito:It'sa limited slip differential which distributes power equally to both theright and left tires. The '64 Skylark had a regular differential,which, anyone who's been stuck in the mud in Alabama knows, you step onthe gas, one tire spins, the other tire does nothing. 
[the jury members nod, with murmurs of "yes," "that's right," etc] 
Vinny Gambini:Is that it? 
Mona Lisa Vito:No,there's more! You see? When the left tire mark goes up on the curb andthe right tire mark stays flat and even? Well, the '64 Skylark had asolid rear axle, so when the left tire would go up on the curb, theright tire would tilt out and ride along its edge. But that didn'thappen here. The tire mark stayed flat and even. This car had anindependent rear suspension. Now, in the '60's, there were only twoother cars made in America that had positraction, and independent rearsuspension, and enough power to make these marks. One was the Corvette,which could never be confused with the Buick Skylark. The other had thesame body length, height, width, weight, wheel base, and wheel track asthe '64 Skylark, and that was the 1963 Pontiac Tempest. 
Vinny Gambini:And because both cars were made by GM, were both cars available in metallic mint green paint? 
Mona Lisa Vito:They were! 
Vinny Gambini:Thank you, Ms. Vito. No more questions. Thank you very, very much. 
[kissing her hands] 
Vinny Gambini:You've been a lovely, lovely witness.

 

John Roberts
 

 

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From: Dave Thompson <dave.thompson at verizon.net>
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A CLASSIC Scene. Too ban Vinny didn't drive a Corvair

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 Vinny Gambini:It is possible that the two yutes... 
Judge Chamberlain Haller:...Ah, the two what? Uh... uh, what was that word? 
Vinny Gambini:Uh... what word? 
Judge Chamberlain Haller:Two what? 
Vinny Gambini:What? 
Judge Chamberlain Haller:Uh... did you say 'yutes'? 
Vinny Gambini:Yeah, two yutes. 
Judge Chamberlain Haller:What is a yute? 
[beat] 
Vinny Gambini:Oh, excuse me, your honor... 
[exaggerated] 
Vinny Gambini:Two YOUTHS.
 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Norris <ricknorris at suddenlink.net>
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Sent: Wed, Nov 25, 2009 1:14 pm
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Bob,
I thought folks from Brooklyn pronounced it "utes"
as in My Cousin Vinny.

Rick

> Aah, youth.
> 
> --Bob

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