"SOC" on the truck of "Last Lord of El Dorado"

[Kriton Kyrimis]

LARRY:

> There's an interesting
> design and the letters "SOC" on the truck doors, most
> readily seen in panel 2, page 14.  The design seems to show
> several mountain peaks with 3 oil drilling rigs on them, with
> the letters "SOC" (one letter on each rig).  Do the letters
> stand for "Scrooge Oil Company"?

Southern Oil Company. This is a reference to the film
"La salaire de la peur" (The Wages of Fear). According
to Don, the truck "had everything except Yves Montand".
(http://stp.ling.uu.se/pipermail/dcml/2000-May/012810.html)

	Kriton	(e-mail: kyrimis at cti.gr)
	      	(WWW:    http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis)
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