How many MG owners does it take to change a head light ?
Answer - 107
1 Auto electrician, recommended by the MG club.
4 other owners to offer advice to the auto electrician.
2 Lucas technicians and 1 Lucas production line manager who have flown
in to try to figure out why the headlight had lasted as long as it did
(it was replaced last year !) and what they can do to make sure this
kind of thing never happens again.
3 club historians, who are debating whether this model originally had
the Lucas 7002 or the Lucas 7010 headlights.
2 club technical experts to explain to the car's owner the exact
function of the headlight.
1 club secretary, to make sure everyone is wearing the correct tweed
caps.
2 club photographers to chronicle the day's events for the next
newsletter.
27 other club members who have bought along their photo albums with
photos of their last headlight change.
1 club president, who is telling everyone that in the trunk of his MG he
keeps a spare replacement part of every component that is likely to fail
on an MG. (His trunk contains a spare distributor, carburettor,
alternator, axles, upper and lower control arms, wiring harness,
cylinder head, tail shaft, gearbox, etc.)
3 owner's wives who are there to supply cups of Earl Gray tea and
biscuits.
53 other wives who are gathered outside making raffia hats and stitching
MG cloth patches onto picnic blankets.
4 18 year old girlfriends of 50 year old club members that are having a
mid-life crisis. (Any mid-life crisis can be overcome by obtaining a
small red sports car and an 18 year old mistress)
1 club archivist who is asking if he can keep the box the replacement
headlight came in, so he can add it to his collection.
1 new club member who is going around asking why MG used the advertising
slogan "Safety Fast", because his MGB is neither safe nor fast.
And the owner of the car to pay for everything.
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