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Re: 800 lb. foot in mouth

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Subject: Re: 800 lb. foot in mouth
From: Smokerbros@aol.com
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:28:36 EST
In a message dated 2/2/02 9:04:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
MRoadster@compuserve.com writes:


> Which reminds me of an engineers joke.  Many years ago, the engineers in
> Detroit did a study and found that it requires 4 lug bolts to hold a wheel
> on a car.  This is why most American cars have 4 lug bolts.  And why most
> German cars have 5.  And why most Italian cars have 3.

I think of most American cars as having 5, German cars being about 50/50 
between 4 and 5, and Italian cars as having 4, it's the French that use 3...

Charlie Davis

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