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On the Road With the Beetles in Germany

“Hello.” “Dave, I didn’t get you out of bed did I? Ever been to Europe?” “No, what’s that noise ...” “Well, how’d you like to go? Volkswagen’s doing a press tour of Germany and they want a journalism student to go with them.” “Sure, but what’s that noise?” “I’m in the tub.”

April 1, 1972
David McKendry

She said that after carving a peace symbol on the upper part of her chest and a cross on her forehead, the kidnapper was picked up in what Mrs. Wright described as a Volkswagen. (The Ottawa Citizen, ' December 8,1971)

“Hello.”

“Dave, I didn’t get you out of bed did I? Ever been to Europe?”

“No, what’s that noise ...”

“Well, how’d you like to go? Volkswagen’s doing a press tour of Germany and they want a journalism student to go with them.”

“Sure, but what’s that noise?”

“I’m in the tub.”

One week, all expenses paid, according to the Director of Carleton University’s School of Journalism. London to Berlin. Use the return ticket when I want.

But wait. He said Volkswagen is doing this. Why would Volkswagen wine and dine four reporters and a lowly journal* ism student across Europe? General Motors perhaps, but not Volkswagen. I mean, they make a people’s car without the hype and glossy coatings of Detroit bullshit.

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