From: "Bob W"
The other big celebrity death of the day, Mr. Roarke:
>
> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090114.wm
> ontalban0114/BNStory/Entertainment/home
>
> I've read a few other obits and bios. None of them mention my most
> enduring memory of the man, shilling Chrysler Cordobas with seats of
> "Corinthian Leather".
>
> I was crushed when, years later, I discovered that there's no such
> thing as Corinthian Leather, that it was a plastic fake. My world has
> never been the same since...
>
it might have been different if he'd been shilling (?) Chrysler Corinthians
with Cordoban leather. Cordoban leather is/was the best! In fact, the word
'cordwainer' is derived from Cordoban.
I wonder if that would have been First Chrysler Corinthians or Second
Chrysler Corinthians?
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