[Shotimes] Get out all your old Lucas jokes

[van Oss]

 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- A British team trying to set a speed record 
for an electric car gave up because the mustard-yellow, torpedo-shaped 
vehicle wouldn't start for a third morning in a row.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/05/08/speed.record.ap/index.html

Lucas--inventor of the first intermittent wiper and the self-dimming 
headlamp.
Why is there no death penalty in England? Lucas makes electric chairs.
The three-position Lucas switch--DIM, FLICKER and OFF.
"I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have never experienced any 
prob..."
Back in the '70s Lucas decided to diversify its product line and began 
manufacturing vacuum cleaners. It was the only product they offered which 
didn't suck.
Why do the English drink warm beer? Lucas made the refrigerators, too.
Lucas is an acronym for Loose Unsoldered Connections And Splices.
Why are there no skyscrapers in London? Lucas makes elevators.
In the 1980's Lucas tried to get into the newly burgeoning PC market, but 
they discontinued the product when they couldn't make it leak oil.
If Lucas made guns, wars would not start either.

Apologies to me mates.
VO