Ferd's fellows on the Board of Directors agreed: no one had ever seen him smiling so broadly. True, his ear-to-ear grin fell within the parameters established by the Baden-Wurttemburg Ministry for Oversight of Facial Expressions, and so Ferd had broken no law for which Dr.-Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG could be held liable. Nevertheless, eyebrows were raised; monocles fell from the Directors' pouchy sockets. "He looks ... irresponsible," said one. His neighbor at the long walnut table coughed and quietly added, "Like ein Hooleganische youth." A third distinguished member wondered: "Was he *drunk?*"
The Chair cleared his throat, and the Board turned to the business of the day. Eight months later, however, Ferd Porsche was unanimously "promoted" and transferred to a quiet -- in fact, secret -- branch of R&D, far from bright lights and photo shoots, to oversee Porsche's "new generation" of gearshift knobs.
Ferdinand Porsche in 1985, at the wheel of the first of 76,000 Porsche 356s built.
Ferd's fellows on the Board of Directors agreed: no one had ever seen him smiling so broadly. True, his ear-to-ear grin fell within the parameters established by the Baden-Wurttemburg Ministry for Oversight of Facial Expressions, and so Ferd had broken no law for which Dr.-Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG could be held liable. Nevertheless, eyebrows were raised; monocles fell from the Directors' pouchy sockets. "He looks ... irresponsible," said one. His neighbor at the long walnut table coughed and quietly added, "Like ein Hooleganische youth." A third distinguished member wondered: "Was he *drunk?*"
ReplyDeleteThe Chair cleared his throat, and the Board turned to the business of the day. Eight months later, however, Ferd Porsche was unanimously "promoted" and transferred to a quiet -- in fact, secret -- branch of R&D, far from bright lights and photo shoots, to oversee Porsche's "new generation" of gearshift knobs.
My thoughts- (well not exactly my thoughts). I did think he looked less than pleased.
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