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The Two Verstappens, father Jos and son Max
together. (Source: Bing.com Images)
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As I'm apparently showing my age... Having Cornfuzed
Thyself earlier by wistfully opining 'bout Jos "The Boss!" Verstappen
who I was a HUGE Fan 'O during the 1990's...
Life's full of ironies, eh? As flying home
from Kona, I'd decided to break out one of Thy multitudes of classic Formula 1
T-shirts I only wear on special occasions. Having decided to don Thy Orange
Arrows F1 Tee, for which Max's father drove for the second time between 2001-02
before getting thou Boot from TomWalkinshaw, which I'll forever remember the Dutch
sporting FUCK TOM! T-Shirts
at the '02 European Grand Prix, at the famed Nurburgring!
Funny how after having sat with my seat Mates
for five and a quarter hours, and telling them I'd be waiting to De-plane last
since I'd be waiting for assistance, the nice woman sitting alongside me
inquired as they waited for an opening
in the Hurry Up 'N Wait Congo line.
Do you mind if I ask you 'bout your T-Shirt?
Is there a story behind The Lost Boys? Are those the Lost Boys of Sudan?
For which I replied Absolutely! Although
completely flummoxed over the Lost Boys of Sudan, for which I knew nothing
about. Telling her no, it's a sponsor of the (defunct) Arrows Grand Prix
Formula 1 team, to which her husband seated in the window seat said they're
Son-in Law's a big Formula 1 fan.
Our Son-in-Law went to Monza, Italy last year
since supposedly it was the final year... His favourite driver is Lewis
Hamilton, (BOO!) as I replied that's too BAD! As I like everyone 'cept
Hamilton! Even though he's a great driver, I'm rooting for his team-mate
instead.
As another 'O
Uncle Bernaughty's Dastardly Tricks befalls another loyal F1 Fan by Pumping U-P
Monza's attendance with Quit Threat babble! Seriously? Formula 1 and la
Scuderia are gonna forsake the Italian GP?
As I told the woman that I'd bought the shirt
Wayback when Jos's father Max had driven for the Arrows F1 Team; OH SHIT! As
I've still got Jos THE BOSS! Verstappen
who I first liked as Michael Schumacher's Sidekick at Benetton on Thy Brain!
Thus explaining my Foopah, that actually Jos
is Max Dutchboy Verstappen's father, who's son currently drives for Red Bull
Racing in the #33, I decided to not guess upon who those Lost Boys on my Orange
Arrows team sponsors Deckle's laden black T-Shirt was?
As fortunately I didn't guess over the
identity of those Lost Boys, since although it always makes me think of the
movie 'bout that band of Vampires chasing some transplanted Californian
brothers... Which I've never seen...
Whilst knowing the 1987 movie has NO
connection, for some reason I was thinking to myself when queried, it was some
long lost musical group? Fortunately having learned Thy lesson and not saying
this, since I'd have been Wrongo' again!
Instead, the Lost Boys in Questione is a
video gaming company now owned by the Sony Corp, originally an Internet
Software provider the brainchild of Michael J. Mol Wayback in '93, who first
entered the realm 'O Formula 1 in '99 as a personal sponsor of Jos The Boss -
before further expansion in F1 circles.
As F1 Diehards will recognize the name
Michael Mol, which I knew sounded familiar, as he eventually became not only
involved in Spyker Cars, but led the buyout of Midland F1 Racing, which became
the short lived Spyker F1 Team between 2006-07.
Then Mol, along with Vijay Duh Playah' Mallya,
reportedly bought out Spyker F1, which became the current Force India F1 Team in
'08, with Mol noted as Force India Director before falling off the F1 radar
screens soon afterwards...
As the latest I can find upon this
enterprising Dutch Businessman is that his latest venture appears to be the
co-founding of Space Expedition
Corporation, later renamed as SXC, a Dutch Space Tourism concern selling rides
into Earth's lower atmosphere.
As Mol boldly proclaimed that if the Dutchies' won
the 2014 World Cup, they'd A-L-L receive a FREE ride into Space...
Although XCOR Aerospace's goals were lofty,
having begun their participation in the ever burgeoning Space Travel Race
Wayback in '03, and having promised paying customers speculating on a $150k
Zero G' Adventure of their Lifetime's as late as 2015-16, the company finally
halted work upon the Lynx Sub-orbital Space-plane in May, 2016, and has now
switched focus upon their liquid hydrogen rocket engine for United Launch Alliance instead...
As naturally, how
come I'd know what their Son-in-law's pooch's name was, eh? As they told me
'bout Pickles', a small, lap hoond' pictured upon a throw rug in front of the
Telie' during the Australian GP plastered on their Facebook page, decrying
Formula 1's Back...