Author Topic: Fast Fun #201 - Mario San Paolo's "Wop's Dream" (Read 917 times)

Otto Puzzell · « **on:** April 12, 2012, 04:26:45 AM »

For 1 point, identify this car and its builder.

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Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #1 on:** April 19, 2012, 04:44:32 AM »

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #2 on:** April 26, 2012, 03:36:01 AM »

Carnut · « **Reply #3 on:** April 26, 2012, 04:15:01 AM »

Must be US-built?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #4 on:** April 26, 2012, 04:29:07 AM »

Correct!

RayTheRat · « **Reply #5 on:** April 28, 2012, 01:31:32 AM »

Shot in the dark: Is the driver one of the Arfons brothers?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #6 on:** April 28, 2012, 03:07:19 AM »

No sir

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #7 on:** May 09, 2012, 04:08:53 AM »

While the name of this car may be insulting to some, I guess the builder was entitled to name it that way.

RayTheRat · « **Reply #8 on:** May 09, 2012, 05:47:18 AM »

How 'bout one iteration of the "Bean Bandit" dragster? There are a lotta similarities.

The Bean Bandits are still around; I see 'em every year on the salt.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #9 on:** May 09, 2012, 06:03:17 AM »

Not one of those.

RayTheRat · « **Reply #10 on:** May 09, 2012, 06:14:12 AM »

Care to share a little more about how it might be "insulting?"

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #11 on:** May 09, 2012, 06:33:01 AM »

For the same general reason "Bean Bandit" might offend some.

Allemano · « **Reply #12 on:** May 09, 2012, 09:44:45 AM »

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on May 09, 2012, 04:08:53 AM

I guess the builder was entitled to name it that way.

.. because he has a peculiar name?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #13 on:** May 09, 2012, 09:49:02 AM »

Not peculiar; consistent with a group that might be offended by the name of the car.

Allan L · « **Reply #14 on:** May 09, 2012, 10:30:50 AM »

Perhaps the man is Mr. Coon?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #15 on:** May 09, 2012, 12:41:56 PM »

No. His name is not a pejorative racial slur

RayTheRat · « **Reply #16 on:** May 12, 2012, 10:11:50 PM »

Could said offence be in the form of an ethic (as in country of origin) slang word...like Yanks, Brits, Micks and so on?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #17 on:** May 13, 2012, 03:45:06 AM »

Indeed it is, a possessive form of such a word, followed by a noun.

RayTheRat · « **Reply #18 on:** May 13, 2012, 03:26:22 PM »

Well, since the car looks a lot like the Bean Bandit's early dragster and even though I can't find a reference to the name, how about the Beaner's Bandit?

RtR

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #19 on:** May 14, 2012, 04:22:54 AM »

Nothing to do with frijoles pintos or other legumes.

RayTheRat · « **Reply #20 on:** May 16, 2012, 08:15:56 AM »

Does Mario de Paulo have anything to do with it?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #21 on:** May 16, 2012, 08:36:07 AM »

He has everything to do with it.

Locked for you.

RayTheRat · « **Reply #22 on:** May 16, 2012, 09:06:29 AM »

Sorry, I had the name spelled wrong. It's Mario San Paolo and the car is called the Spaghetti Bender. It was the last front-engined dragster the San Paolo brothers ran.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #23 on:** May 16, 2012, 11:03:17 AM »

Right guy; that's not the name I have for the car.

RayTheRat · « **Reply #24 on:** May 16, 2012, 12:34:48 PM »

I'm too dumb to know when to give up. I'll find it.

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