[Shotimes] Get out all your old Lucas jokes

[Carl Prochilo]

Thanks.  A great start to the week.
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Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Sun, May 8, 2005 11:28 pm, van Oss said:
>  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
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