Re: Gremlin Tale

["Steven F. Brueggeman" <amcer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Shakespeare's Pizza is the best stuff in Columbia Mo.

-Steve-


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From: "JOE FULTON" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 2:35 PM
Subject: Gremlin Tale


> I found this on a University of Missouri website.  I
> hope the author doesn't mind:
> 
> Early in my college career, I discovered the joy of
> cruising. This extracurricular pursuit added an
> average of 750 miles each week to my car's odometer
> (remember gas was cheap then) and earned me the
> nickname Cruiser.
> 
> Needing to turn some of that mileage into money, I
> went to work for Shakespeare's Pizza. Between the
> springs of '74 and '75, I delivered 5,000 pies in my
> '73 Gremlin (yes, it had an 8-track tape player). And
> as far as I know, I still hold the record for
> delivering the most pies in eight hours - 98. That's
> one pie every 4.9 minutes!
> 
> Oh, the stories I could tell. There's the time I
> decided to take my dog on deliveries. Figuring it was
> more efficient to leave my car running while I carried
> pies into dorms, I enlisted my dog to ride shotgun and
> guard the undelivered pizzas. What I didn't count on
> was my dog helping himself to a pie!
> 
> My favorite story happened one winter's night. It was
> so cold, and the snow was blinding - not a good time
> for my car's gears to freeze. Because I was the only
> delivery person working that night; there was no
> choice but to deliver pizza in reverse. My shotgun
> rider (person, not dog) kept his door open and head
> out as we made our way around campus, backward.
> Periodically, he'd look in at me to give directions
> and his beard was totally white (and frozen) from the
> snow! We didn't set any delivery records that night,
> but hungry students got their Shakespeare's Pizza. The
> biggest challenge was deciding which side of the road
> to drive on. 
> 
> - Cruisin' Ed Schwitzky, BA '75, MS '76
> 
> Posted by Joe Fulton
> Salinas, CA
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