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Subject: re: British car humour
From: mit-eddie!cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun)
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 90 15:02:36 EDT
Forwarded message:

> Ed was looking for british car jokes.  
> I went scrounging through my old notes from when I edited
> "At Speed" the newsletter for a british car club that 
> I was in.
> this is some of what I found:

This stuff is too good to pass up.  I vote for the following for the
back of the SOL tee shirts:


> 
> 
> You know you've owned a british car too long when:
>   You always park facing down hill.
>   The guy at the parts store:
>     sends you a get well card if you haven't bought parts for 2 weeks
>   You get in a car and are surprised
>     when all of the instruments work
>   You get in a car and are NOT surprised by
>     A slightly singed instrument panel
> You tell your wife that the reason that you were out till 3AM was that
>   the car broke down, and she believes you.
> The people you live with are no longer phased by sitting down to dinner
>   and sharing half the table with carburettors
> You distrust anyone named Lucas.
> People ask how many cars you own, and you respond in fractional numbers.
> You budget 4 hours for a trip, 3 for driving, 1 for repairs.
> ============================================

or, alternately:

> ================================================
> Cartoon of the Enterprise (Star Trek NCC-1275 or somesuch)
> with the caption
> "Scotty! What the hell do you mean Our S.U. fuel pump is dead,
> and there ism't a Leyland supply house within 4 Parsecs??!!"
> ==========================================

                                                Joe



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