Keith: Just wait till that Camaro is running!
Me: Shall I be allowed to drive it?
K: Of course.
Me: It's going to be a bit difficult though, isn't it. The steering wheel is on the left.
K: No, it's on the right side.
Me: How can it be? It's left hand drive.
K: Yes, but it's right.
Me: No, it's left.
K: No, it's right.
Me: How can it be right? It's left.
K: It's right for that car.
Me: Only because it's American. We drive on the right so it's not right for us.
K: It won't do you any good sitting on the right in that car.
Me: Obviously because the steering wheel is on the left. All I was going to say is that I shall find it difficult having the gear stick on the right.
K: It won't be on the right, it's in the middle and anyway, it's automatic.
Always have to have the last word, men, have you noticed!
Obsolete computer
Enter man in black leather jacket.
"My brother bought a computer here a couple of weeks before Christmas and he's had nothing but trouble with it. Cost him £300."
"I presume it's a second user computer we're talking about?"
"Yes. £300 he paid. I could have built him one for less. I've already had to put a new power suppy unit in it."
"Well, actually, we only had two second user computers before Christmas and neither of them was £300. Also we refurbish our second user computer before we offer them for sale."
"Well, he paid £300 for it and it's obsolete. You should see the memory board!"
"We have not sold any computers for months for £300. We only had two for sale in the last four months."
"Look, I know he's too late to have his money back but I thought maybe you could do something for him. I know people in the computer business sometimes sell rubbish but I think you should do something about this one."
"We have not sold anyone a computer for £300 and furthermore, we do not sell rubbish."
"Well this computer is obsolete."
"We don't sell obsolete computers."
"You must have sold this one. I've got it in the car."
"No, we don't sell obsolete computers. I will not accept that."
"I've got it in the car...."
(Turns on his heel and makes a sharp exit from the shop........
never to be seen again!
Could it possibly have suddenly dawned on him that maybe he had the wrong shop?
"My brother bought a computer here a couple of weeks before Christmas and he's had nothing but trouble with it. Cost him £300."
"I presume it's a second user computer we're talking about?"
"Yes. £300 he paid. I could have built him one for less. I've already had to put a new power suppy unit in it."
"Well, actually, we only had two second user computers before Christmas and neither of them was £300. Also we refurbish our second user computer before we offer them for sale."
"Well, he paid £300 for it and it's obsolete. You should see the memory board!"
"We have not sold any computers for months for £300. We only had two for sale in the last four months."
"Look, I know he's too late to have his money back but I thought maybe you could do something for him. I know people in the computer business sometimes sell rubbish but I think you should do something about this one."
"We have not sold anyone a computer for £300 and furthermore, we do not sell rubbish."
"Well this computer is obsolete."
"We don't sell obsolete computers."
"You must have sold this one. I've got it in the car."
"No, we don't sell obsolete computers. I will not accept that."
"I've got it in the car...."
(Turns on his heel and makes a sharp exit from the shop........
never to be seen again!
Could it possibly have suddenly dawned on him that maybe he had the wrong shop?
Camaro update
Today Keith has finished the final assembly, which leaves only a few minor jobs to be done.
He has the cooliing system working, the electrical system sorted, likewise the carburation, fuel and the timing. The tyres are now inflated again and it fires on two cylinders when it turns over although the plugs need cleaning so that it will run properly.
Impressed? By the fact that I can write all this down, not by the jobs Keith has done! Let's get the right prespective on things here, folks!
He has the cooliing system working, the electrical system sorted, likewise the carburation, fuel and the timing. The tyres are now inflated again and it fires on two cylinders when it turns over although the plugs need cleaning so that it will run properly.
Impressed? By the fact that I can write all this down, not by the jobs Keith has done! Let's get the right prespective on things here, folks!
Camaro again
"Have you seen my kitchen scissors?"
"Oh yes, they're under the bonnet of the camaro."
"Why????"
"Well they were just what I needed for cutting the gasket."
Of course, silly me!
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