<VV> Naming Cars

[mhicks130 at cox.net]

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> Smitty Says:  Don't listen very close do you Mike.  Have you never heard me speak of "the" Grape, or "the" Rampy, or "the" Wagon, or "the" Spyder.  Spike came to me with his name already established by previous owners.  However I could start calling him "the" Spike if it will prove you wrong about something.
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You know it's funny, when I think of your race car I think of it as "Spike".  Not "the Spike" or "the race car".  That car's got personality, so I guess it deserves a name.  It's the same with "Darth Vair".  When Chuck pulled up to the Buffalo hotel with Darth in tow I got all excited like I was seeing a celebrity.  Again, that car's got personality.  

I can understand some cars getting names but I don't get the naming of all your vehicles or plain, mundane, nothing unique about them cars.  Like Bill's Alice.  It's just a plain, nice car.  Nothing unique or special about it.  Why does it have a name??  And don't get me started on the names he has for some of his other cars.  

I don't really think that "the wagon" and "the Rampy" are names in the true sense of the word.  And I got the feeling that the Grape's name was actually "The Grape" - not just "Grape" with you adding "the" in front of it.  It doesn't say "The Iwo Jima" on the back of that ship, it just says "Iwo Jima" but we refer to it as "the Iwo Jima".  See the difference?  As usual, I am right.  You can't prove me wrong Smitty, I'm always right!!  Always. Well, mostly anyway.

mike