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  • From: "Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] First in flight?
  • Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:07:50 -0400

Well Actually, by your logic NY or London would be Marlboro country. Philip
Morris was originally a tabacconist in London England and learn much of his
trade there. He opened his store there in 1850 and it wasn't until 1900
that Philip Morris incorporated in the United States in New York.

And Lucky Strike is a product of Brown and Williamson based in Kentucky.
But, by your logic, again perhaps England would be the proper location to
attribute this title as Brown & Williamson grew out of the British American
Tobacco company.

And first in smoke, would be totally inappropriate as indiginous populations
the world over would be able to lay claim dating much further back.

So you'll need to come up with some more factually accurate slanders of my
home state.

I suggest the following:
Best in Basketball

Or a bit more edgy and confrontational:
The Yankee Destination of Choice

But if you must slander North Carolina, you could use: Bigger roads to
Bigger Prisons.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Winslow Czeiszperger" <michael AT czeiszperger.org>
To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/";
<internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] First in flight?


>
> On Sunday, April 27, 2003, at 02:29 PM, Sil Greene wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Jim Allman wrote:
> >
> >> Michael sez:
> >>> I can't believe the citizens of NC have the gall to believe
> >>> NC has anything but a tiny claim of involvement with the Wright
> >>> Brothers, who never were citizens of the state.
> >
> > Personally (and I, for one, am 100% native N.Carolinian), I've never
> > mistaken the catchphrase "First in Flight" with the concept "we did it
> > all". It refers to the first controlled flight, plain and simple.
> > Anyone
> > who's been through their NC history class in 4th & 8th grades should
> > recognize that.
> >
>
> You may get it, but I've met NC natives that believed that the Wrights
> lived in NC for years. The difference is crucial, because if the
> Wrights were born somewhere else, but moved to NC at some point, NC
> would have a legitimate claim as having contributed to the development
> of the first practical airplane. All this wouldn't matter except that
> NC uses the Wrights as the most important symbol of NC.
>
> I think NC should pick a phrase for their license plates that reflects
> on the proud character and history of the state rather than trying to
> bask in the glory of a couple of Ohio inventors. I humbly suggest the
> following for a future NC license plate motto:
>
> 1. First in Smoke*
> 2. Lucky Strike
> 3. Marlboro Country
>
> * NC has the largest number of acres committed to tabacco production of
> any state, and the 2nd lowest cigarette tax (5cents) of any state.
> (Kentucky is the lowest at 3 cents.)
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> _________
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> cheese man!
> -- michael at czeiszperger dot org, Chapel Hill, NC
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