Jeeps Canada - Jeep Forums - Re: Jeep thing or sheep thing?

This is one of my favorites, and I couldn't agree more, but you should give
credit when you rip off other people's work. "Muskie" posted this first on
September 15, 1998. If you are actually Muskie under another alias, which I
doubt, never mind.

Earle

"Omphalos" <omphalos@xmsg.com> wrote in message
news:DmMLa.167233$cm4.4008613@twister.tampabay.rr. com...
> Lately, I hear many people who own Jeeps spouting out this phrase:
>
> "You wouldn't understand man....it's a Jeep thing!"
>
> Ok. I guess I don't really get it. But I am starting to understand
> something about " the Jeep thing".
>
> It seems many(not all) Jeepers want to belong to a group of rugged
> individualists. They feel that having a rugged Jeep sets them apart
> from the rest of society and makes them "different" somehow.
> What is this? Words like "belong" and "group" and "individualists"
> really seem to contradict each other don't they? It seems many
> Jeepers want to be different, just like all the different people.
>
> Here comes Barbi Anne, driving her new pink Jeep onto the gravel
> national forest road. Ken is heading her way in his new blue Jeep,
> and he waves the "jeep wave" to Barbi. Barbi waves back, smiling and
> giggling. "I really belong" , thinks Barbi. " I really belong to
> a group of people that like me for my automobile purchase. I feel
> really good about that." Barbi Anne smiles a faint smile and
> continues down the road. A few seconds later, Outback Johnny passes
> Barbi Anne in his new green Jeep, and waves. Barbi Anne waves back.
> Continuing down the road, Barbi Anne responds to 34 waves from
> Jeepers.
> " It's a Jeep thing!" they all yell at her. " It's a Jeep thing!"
> Further down the road, Barbi Anne's progress is temporarily halted by
> a herd of sheep crossing the road to greener pastures. She listens to
> their bleating and babbling, and observes how they all huddle
> together.
> "baaaaa.....baaaaaaaaa...bleeeeeeeet.......baaaaaa aaa". The sheep
> huddle even closer across the road. " baaaaaaaa...its a jeep
> thing.....
> baaaaaaa.....it's a jeep thing...........be like
> us....baaaaaaaaa..........wave....belong.....chew. .....ba........baaaaa
> a ......bleeeeeettttt." The sheep babble even louder, then slowly
> pass over a low hill on the horizon. Barbi Anne drives her Jeep down
> the road, glad that she was pressured by friends to belong to the
> "Jeep Thing".
>
> Meanwhile, Jimmy is on a nearby forest road, about to park at a
> turnoff near a fishing stream. Jimmy drives a Chevy 4x4 full size.
> He parks his rig and takes his 6 foot fly rod case out of the bed, and
> unloads his gear. A man in a toyota 4runner drives by and waves.
> The man in the 4runner turns around to talk to the man about the
> fishing. " How do you like the full size chevy?" asks the 4runner
> driver. " I like it just fine". Jimmy responds.
> " how do you like your 4runner?" asks jimmy. " I like it just
> fine",
> says the 4runner driver.
>
> " What thing is it?" asks Jimmy. " It's not ANYTHING," says the
> 4runner driver. "it's just a damn car."
>
>
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