Today's Jokes - 2024

Geswearf said:
That was obviously the precursor to the Honda engine that shuts down a cylinder or two when cruising at highway speeds to boost fuel economy. Your Escort just sipped fuel all the time.
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Actually the first car I remember that shut down cylinders while cruising was the Cadillac 4,6,8....
 
finsruskw said:
Those mid 70's Jeeps were a joke all to themselves!!
Brand new Wagoneer, very 1st new vehicle I ever bought.
4 years later I could stick my fingers through the tailgate!!grrrrrrr!!
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Oh yes "The Beast" as we called it was a total beater. However, it had a 360 Ford engine and it was so light because its thin to begin with sheet metal was half rusted away, it could leave rubber launching from the light...
 
verbotenwhisky said:
I bought a 1982 Ford Escort GT and you had a choice, run the Air conditioning or go down the road. I would take it into the dealer and tell them there was a problem and they would dip the carburetor, charge me 300 bucks and give it back. This was during the 5 year or 100000 mile warranty days when they were attempting to build confidence in their products so at 98950 +/- I took it in and asked them to pull a compression test, they called me that evening and said it was fixed so Dad took me over to pick it up. As always they had dipped the carb and wanted 300 bucks, I asked the mechanic did pull a compression check and he argued about the necessity and the owner of the dealership who was standing close by came over and told him, "If they are paying for it then you do as they asked. The mechanic grabbed the compression gauge (we could tell he was angry because it was now after closing) and walked out to the car with the owner in tow, pulled the plugs and checked the first cylinder with perfect results, then he checked the second with perfect results and began arguing with us as he checked the third anddddd 0 compression........ oops..... the owner of the dealership had him pull it into the bay and pull the head with us standing there and when it came of the third cylender didn't have a piston nor connecting rod, I received a new engine courtesy of the Ford Motor Company....
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Without #3 piston and connecting rod, that engine must have vibrated like crazy. Also, I would have expected a ton of gasoline in the oil....unless it was igniting when the plug fired.
 
Today I read a story that doctors transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a human.
It raises the question of ethics.
1) Is it ethical to birth an animal, and raise it to maturity, just to provide an organ to a human?
2) As it's genetically modified to match human organs, would it be ethical to slaughter it for food after taking the kidney?
3) Would it be ethical to eat pork that's been genetically modified to be similar to human?
4) Could we establish a compromise? Perhaps have the pig donate ONE kidney then send it to a special farm to live a full a full and happy life?

Maybe y'all don't find this conundrum humorous, but I sure do.

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