What? No April Fools Humor Today?

[935k3]

I heard a good one on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain on Speed. Track owner Bruton Smith has 8,000 acres of land near Las Vegas that he is going to make a copy of the Nurburgring Nordschleife Circuit AKA "The Green Hell"(14.1 miles long w/mountains). An that was after Dave said his show would be joke free.

Edited April 2, 2012 by 935k3

[Chuck Most]

[Longbox55]

I heard a good one on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain on Speed. Track owner Bruton Smith has 8,000 acres of land near Las Vegas that he is going to make a copy of the Nurburgring Nordschleife Circuit AKA "The Green Hell"(14.1 miles long w/mountains). An that was after Dave said his show would be joke free.

From what I've seen, that may not be a joke. Seems that subject has been on a few boards and new feed for at least the last 2 weeks. I certainly would not put it past Bruton Smith to actually build something like that.

[martinfan5]

I heard a good one on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain on Speed. Track owner Bruton Smith has 8,000 acres of land near Las Vegas that he is going to make a copy of the Nurburgring Nordschleife Circuit AKA "The Green Hell"(14.1 miles long w/mountains). An that was after Dave said his show would be joke free.

That was in no way a joke, that was reported about two weeks ago.

[Harry P.]

.......I'd like to see that? Harry, Doc ? gotta link or something? Remember, I'm techno-challenged,lol.

I looked on my hard drive, but I couldn't find the file. I don't know what happened to it. Maybe I deleted it accidentally???

[Rob Hall]

That was in no way a joke, that was reported about two weeks ago.

Interesting idea...a 'Tan Hell', I guess...because it's all ugly beige deserty around LV...not lush and green like Germany.

[Agent G]

Interesting idea...a 'Tan Hell', I guess...because it's all ugly beige deserty around LV...not lush and green like Germany.

Excuse me that would be ugly tan deserty, Beige is way too light a color for the rocky high desert.

G

[Pete J.]

He also sells left-handed hammers, nails and screwdrivers...

Got several of the left handed screwdrivers in my tool chest. They just don't work worth a ###### but I just can't seem to bring myself to throw them away. You never know when one might come in handy!

[Rob Hall]

Another April 1 joke that I liked yesterday was the 8-bit version of Google maps..very clever.

[Dr. Cranky]

I have to look through my stacks for it and that might take a while. I don't keep all my issues in order. Sorry.

[Chuck Most]

Got several of the left handed screwdrivers in my tool chest. They just don't work worth a ###### but I just can't seem to bring myself to throw them away. You never know when one might come in handy!

Funny you mention that... I saw an official-looking 'recall notice' from Ikea making the rounds yesterday, asking customers to return the left-handed units included in their kits in exchange for the proper right-handers.

I'm wondering how many people fell for it.

[CorvairJim]

For the first couple of decades that I owned Corvairs, I made a habit of going to a Chevy agency's parts department and asking for a water pump for my Corvair. I don't bother anymore since most countermen nowadays were born well after the Corvair was discontinued in 1969 and they don't know that the car is AIR-COOLED! I think it was in 1984, when I worked at our local Chevy/Olds agency doing their used car detailing and new car delivery prep, I made a point to go up to Ed, the old veteran parts guy who had worked there for over 30 years (throughout the entire production of the Corvair) to ask for my water pump. Ed didn't bat an eyelash, just went over to the computer terminal to look up the part number. Well, after a couple of minutes, he reached under the counter and brought up a general GM parts book, saying that, for some reason, he couldn't find it in the computer. He went through that first book for 4 or 5 minutes, then went up into the loft to bring down the specialized Corvair-only parts book that they'd put in storage a couple of years before because there was such little demand for Corvair parts anymore. Well, this time it didn't take any more than about a minute before he stopped leafing through the pages and s-l-o-w-l-y looked up at me. I tell you, if looks could kill, I'd be 6 feet under right now! Meanwhile, the parts manager and his buddy the parts driver were standing right behind Ed, barely able to hold back the laughter!

Happy April Fools Day, Ed, wherever you are!

[Joe Handley]

Oh, that is funny Jim!