The MGA With An Attitude
"On The Road Again"
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The Evolution and Reincarnation of
"Attitude" - Historic Tales
All of this is historical documentation, some with a slight flare, but all true.
ABOUT ATTITUDE - About this web site, the car, and the caretaker/companion.
I Am NOT A GEARHEAD or a Car Geek - Misconseptions about what I do here.
HOW IT STARTED - Attitude MK-I (1968)
REINCARNATION - Attitude MK-II (1969)
WHAT, ANOTHER ONE? - Attitude MK-III (1969)
TEMPORARY DISTRACTIONS - Wasting a few years
RESURECTION IS NOT INSTANTANEOUS - Attitude MK-IV (1977)
DAY OF RECKONING - Finally the Completion (1986)
COMING OUT PARTY - First club meeting (1986)
BRITISH SOCIETY - First All British car show (1987)
EXCLUSIVE SOCIETY - First all MGA meet (1988)
THE MGA ODYSSEY - Going WAY Out (six weeks on the road, 1989)
o/s - The Virtual Westminster MG Museum - (photos from 1989)
MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN - First SCCA Autocross (1991)
WEEKEND RUN TO BROOKLYN - 1700 miles in 36 hours, almost (1996)
BRIT RUN TO THE SUN - ALASKA '97 - Chasing the midnight sun (8 weeks)
MCGYVER HAD A BUSY DAY - Impromptu trailer repairs (poetry)
THE POKER RUN - Club fun and the drive home (1998)
THE LOST CHECKPOINT - Missouri Endurance Rally (March 1999)
ST. LOUIS AUTOCROSS - Boeing Employees Motorsports Club (March 1999)
AUTOCROSS IN THE RAIN - Champaign County Fairgrounds (May 1999)
MG V8 AUTOCROSS - Playing With The V8's At Their National (May 1999)
THREE WHEEL AUTOCROSS - When you need a larger sway bar (2000+2007)
HALLOWEEN RALLY - Dracula arives in style (October, 2000)
SPRING BREAK - Run to Key West (April 2002)
WINTER CRUISE - UML 30th Anniversary Party (January 2005)
BARNEY in a BP Commercial - 3.6 MB = 30 Seconds (October 2005)
ABC7 TV "I Love My Car" - Car of the Month, October 2006
MGA Sheet Metal Seminar, Eclectic Motorworks, April 13-14, 2007
CECIL KIMBER ENTHUSIAST AWARD - M.G. Drivers Club of N.A. (August 2007)
ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT - MGA body restoration (December 2007 - July 2008)
HALLOWEEN RALLY - The Grim Reaper goes rallying (October, 2008)
NAMGAR GT-34 - Hot Springs, Arkansas (July, 2009)
GONE SAILING - Lake Michigan (Novenber, 2009)
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1931) - Noel Coward (1955) - 2:38 YouTube video (2009)
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1931) - The Muppets - 2:00 YouTube video
Lyrics:
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Noel Coward)
In tropical climes there are certain times of day
When all the citizens retire,
 to tear their clothes off and perspire.
It's one of those rules that the biggest fools obey,
Because the sun is much too sultry and one must avoid
its ultry-violet ray --
Papalaka-papalaka-papalaka-boo. (Repeat)
Digariga-digariga-digariga-doo. (Repeat)
The natives grieve when the white men leave their huts,
Because they're obviously, absolutely nuts --
Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.
The Japanese don't care to, the Chinese wouldn't dare to,
Hindus and Argentines sleep firmly from twelve to one,
But Englishmen detest a siesta,
In the Philippines there are lovely screens,
to protect you from the glare,
In the Malay states there are hats like plates,
which the Britishers won't wear,
At twelve noon the natives swoon, and
no further work is done -
But Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.
It's such a surprise for the Eastern eyes to see,
That though the British are effete,
they're quite impervious to heat,
When the white man rides, every native hides in glee,
Because the simple creatures hope he will
impale his solar topee on a tree.
Bolyboly-bolyboly-bolyboly-baa. (Repeat)
Habaninny-habaninny-habaninny-haa. (Repeat)
It seems such a shame that when the English claim the earth
That they give rise to such hilarity and mirth -
Mad Dogs and Englishmen, go out in the midday sun.
The smallest Malay rabbit deplores this stupid habit.
In Hong Kong, they strike a gong, and fire off a noonday gun.
To reprimand each inmate, who's in late.
In the jungle town where the sun beats down,
to the rage of man or beast,
The English garb of the English sahib merely gets a bit more creased.
In Bangkok, at twelve o'clock, they foam at the mouth and run,
But mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.
Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.
The toughest Burmese bandit can never understand it.
In Rangoon the heat of noon is just what the natives shun.
They put their scotch or rye down, and lie down.
In the jungle swamps where the python romps
there is peace from twelve till two.
Even caribous lie down and snooze, for there's nothing else to do.
In Bengal, to move at all, is seldom if ever done,
But mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.
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