I had always thought that the point of that joke was that it wasn't a joke at all. When my friend and I were recently shut in a basement for three hours with two young men whilst waiting to film a game show, they explained it to me and couldn't believe that I didn't get it I've just had to explain it to MQ also.

I think the adverts of that time did have a certain whiff of mechrophilia about them

 

Probably just my age; I have zero interest in computer games (I have enough trouble with the real world) and I can see to whom the image is aimed.

That's fair enough, but it probably explains why I an uninterested in computer games.

Got to go now; the Pink Panthermobile's just drawn up outside & Lara Croft wants to know if we should go down the road & shoot up everyone in Ware...

 

And I've had to explain Nick's clever Linkin Park play on words to Saz.

I was hoping some of you would have old sales brochures stashed away. Wow! You own a Lincoln Continental Polemicist? Do you drive it?

Air-brush retouching was the Photoshopping of its day and was very skilled work. Playboy famously used it on their models but I've never really thought about it being used to re-touch car photographs. A very exotic-looking customer of mine with expensive tastes in garden plants who used to visit our centre with his boyfriend was an expert. I often wonder how the digital age has affected him.

 

I thought you'd given up drugs?

 

Alas the '72 Mark IV is a little sick at the moment - it has a cylinder off and all my energy is currently focused finalising a domestic project.

The last time it was used in anger was for my youngest daughter's school prom' - it created quite a stir even with Ferraris and sundry local exotica doing the taxi work for other kids. In reality, it was perhaps the SIX stunning girls exiting the car that really stole the show...

 

This is a little overdriven, but I like it



It is from original limited edition S2000 brochure

 

What was that - the S2000 Type-Aceeeed?

Lucy in the Hedge with Diamonds...