Ferdinand Porsche in 1985, at the wheel of the first of 76,000 Porsche 356s built.
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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.
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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.
My thoughts- (well not exactly my thoughts). I did think he looked less than pleased.
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