Klarinet Archive - Posting 000512.txt from 2004/03

From: "Ken Wolman" <kwolman@------.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] American vs. British English
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 08:41:07 -0500

Allen Levin wrote:
> Or: When is a British car not leaking oil? - when it is already dry.
>
>> "Why do Brits like there beer room temperature? Because they store it in
>> Lucas refrigerators!" (You have to own a British car to understand that
>> one).

Ah, I haven't heard these in awhile. "Lucas, Prince of Darkness."
Lucas is what makes the ignition systems on older British cars so
*U&*#$* reliable:-). Some of the French ones, too, I suspect: I used to
own a Renault 16 that I bought new in May 1970 and dumped joyfully for a
loss two years later in favor of a 1972 Dodge Dart, the greatest car
ever made. In the two years I owned the Renault it blew two ignition
systems. Two.

I wonder if Lucas is still in business. I wonder if they'd have the nerve.

We had guys here about two months ago doing electrical work on the
underground cabling at Sarnoff. The trucks were from a company called
Lucas Electric. I'M NOT KIDDING. The lights work anyway.

Ken
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