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Letter From The UK: Born On The Back Seat



Some people sing of being born on the 4th of July; others wax lyrical about being born with a smile on their face whilst some poor benighted souls were born under a bad sign.
If however, you were born on the back seat of a beaten-up Mk1 British-built Ford Mondeo you?ll probably want to keep it to yourself.
Shaping Your Future
This sort of happenstance of birth can shape a person. It can dictate your life. With your father laboring under the name of Mondeo Man because of his life on the business car highway, imagine spending your days forever known as “Mondeo Boy.” Being conceived on the back seat of a car is one thing, but to greet the world smelling of stale sweat and burgers is quite another.
Now, if an infant is born on the back seat of a Maserati Quattroporte somewhere along the Italian Amalfi Coast with a nice view of the Isle of Capri in the azure distance, then he or she will undoubtedly be a golden child destined for great things; especially if the father?s name is Berlusconi. If however the poor unfortunate is born on the flat bed of an ancient El Camino pickup truck near a trailer park in Utah, life could be a whole lot different.
How To Enter The World
So, if an unborn person is to be given a choice of which vehicle to be born in, what should they choose" Obviously, if it is a Mercedes they will be German, probably successful, but not all that good at soccer and so on. If it?s a Toyota, then the kid will be industrious and polite and if it?s a F...
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