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Ten Tall Tales About 2CV's


Tall Tale No.8
The Spy Who Loved a 2CV

Gordon Davis, meek, mild mannered 2CV mechanic, working from a railway arch in West Bromsgrove; still living at home with his mother; has a penchant for Marmite on toast; likes playing dominos; wears a cloth cap and keeps whippets; at first glance a seemingly insignificant spec on the map of humanity; but there could be more to our 2CV mechanic than meets the eye...

Gordon Davis, International Man of Mystery... also known as ‘Mad Dog Davis’; started his career as a mercenary working for the Vietcong; purchased a Citroen 2CV in Vietnam and fell in love with the car; used it to run supplies along the Ho Chi Minh Trail; crossed the Vietcong during an arms deal; changed sides and worked for the Americans; became seperated from the 2CV in the chaos during the fall of Saigon; was one of the last people to be evacuated from the roof of the American Embassy; later had himself smuggled back into Saigon; managed to find the 2CV and got it out of Vietnam using the ‘Dragon Route’ via Montevideo, Perth and Calcutta; now believed to be living undercover in West Bromsgrove as a meek and mild mannered 2CV engineer...
Or perhaps... also known as Gordon Daviski, KGB double agent, who was the brains behind the ‘Blue Route’ into East Berlin. Daviski was awarded the Soviet Medal of Honour for stealing atom secrets from the Americans and was given freedom of the City of Magnitogorsk. Daviski’s flamboyant lifestyle includes a long time passionate love affair with a famous Hollywood actress, with whom he toured Outer Mongolia in the 2CV. They enjoyed champagne and caviar, until CIA operatives ran the car off the road in an attempt to kill Gordon for his treachery. Gordon escaped from the wreckage by knawing his own leg off before the car burst into flames. Gordon Daviski is now believed to be working for the Chinese and is living quietly in West Bromsgrove...

Or perhaps... Gordon Davis, also known as Thurg 9 from the planet Scirros, in the Epsilon Quadrant. Gordon/Thurg 9 is the advance party of the Scirrosean invasion of earth. For years he has been living amongst humanity, disguised as a meek and mild mannered 2CV engineer, watching, studying, waiting, waiting for the right moment, the moment when at his signal scores of Scirrosean Interstellar Cruisers will appear above the earth, raining megatons of death from the skies. Gordon/Thurg 9 bides his time patiently...

Or perhaps... perhaps the moral is, never judge a book by its cover?


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These Tall Tales originally appeared on The 2CV Alaska Challenge web site and remain the copyright of Rob Godfrey.