---- William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "frank theriault" > Subject: OT - No More Plane > > > > The other big celebrity death of the day, Mr. Roarke: > > > > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090114.wmontalban0114/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". > > Well, the CBC just played the soundtrack to the Cordoba commercial and made > honorable mention of Khan. > Thankfully, they failed to mention Fantasy Island. > > > > > 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... > > Corinthian Leather is not fake. It is taken from the hides of Naugas, which > are an animal related to the Gnu.
Don't forget, unlike most other animals, the Nauga sheds its skin so you don't have to kill it to obtain the hide. Er, hyde. http://www.naugahyde.com/history.html > They are native to the Peloponnese area of Greece. Corinth is the nearest > center of habitation, and is where the hides of the Nauga were cured and > prepared for shipment. > > Now you know. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
