Jeep, Apple, Harley Davidson, Coca Cola, Snap-On, Gibson, whatever.
They all have made both good and bad products, and have raging owner
loyalty produced by marketing departments.
Big Deal.

<JJ Spits out hook now>

L8r,
JJ
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Omphalos wrote:

> 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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