Date:  Mon, 12 Feb 1996 12:25:06 +0000

From:  "C.Thomas" <EGP95CMT[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SHEFFIELD.AC.UK>

Subject: Re: warp speed?



I have heard this expression in the 1987 film "Lost Boys" in relation

to a car. Briefly, a bunch of kids are trying to escape from some

vampires and jump into their car. one of them says "Burn rubber!" and

the driver accidentally puts the car in reverse, almost resulting in

the car goimg over the edge of a cliff. To this the driver says "Burn

rubber does not mean warp speed!"



This would suggest that it is not too recent a phrase (almost 10

years) and that it has been used about "modes of transport" other

than snow boards and mountain bikes. I have no idea as to its origins

though.



Charlotte (I think my 22 years of age still class me as "youth"!)



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Charlotte Thomas EGP95CMT[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]Sheffield.ac.uk

CECTAL

Dept. of English Language and Linguistics

University of Sheffield

Sheffield

S10 2TN

UK