JEEP again

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/15/2010 10:44 AM, David A. Daniel wrote:
>Hey. CNN (Rick Sanchez) just claimed that Jeep is a "military acronym" that
>stands for "just enough essential parts". Never heard that one before. It
>was during a report of four army mechanics who completely dismantled and
>remantled (heh) a jeep in 4 minutes. They said it was possible because of
>the jeep's simplicity of design, and then the acronym was mentioned.

This mention brings to my consciousness that I probably heard the
same about the ease of mantling (although probably not the 5 minutes)
in my younger days.

Joel

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