« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2011, 08:05:36 PM »
Watching Stephen Fry it turns out the word Torpedo has its routes in torpor from way back when so basically rather than being an exciting streamlined stealth thingy is more descriptively a sleepy tardy boy. Chuck in a belisha bonce after a hot sunny day's drive and you have a happy man either way.
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