[CR]Now: Origins of issimo Was: Nagasawa (east meets west)

Greg Parker wrote:
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> Dood-san-issimo:* (cut)
> *Copyright e-RICHIE-sama, used with permission.

Greg,

Actually the "issimo" fun on the CR list started with Jan Johnson calling me Chuckissimo at the SoCal events. Here's the earliest post I found in the archives:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Archive-URL: http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10207.0510.eml Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 15:11:55 -0700 From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> Subject: [CR]Now:Breaking Away Was:Long overdue introduction

Rich Rose wrote:
> Hmmm.., Dennis Stover. Where have I heard that name before? Oh yeah,
> "Breaking Away". Everybody cheats. Refund.
> You get the idea.
> Richard Rose (Toledo, Ohio)

"I want an answer, Evelyn. What are we going to do with him?" Dad (Paul Dooley) "I don't know, dear. We could strangle him in his sleep."--Evelyn (Barbara Barrie)

"They're gonna keep calling us Cutters. To them it’s just a dirty word. To me, it's just something else I never got a chance to be."--Mike (Dennis Quaid) to Cyril (Daniel Stern), Dave (Dennis Christopher), and Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley)

"What's the matter?"--Evelyn "He's shaving!"--Dad "Well, so what!"--Evelyn "He's shaving his legs!"--Dad

"Refund?! Refund!?"--Dad

Chuck "issimo" Schmidt SoPas, SoCal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chuck "feeling almost but not quite issimo" Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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