[Fwd: the British car^H^H^Hcomputer industry]

["Charles R. Schultz" <n2pua4@peoplepc.com>]

>From the Oxdeadbeef mailing list:

glen mccready wrote:
> 
> From: "Kevin D. Clark" <kclark@CetaceanNetworks.com>
> 
> Joke told to me at a party last weekend:
> 
> Q: Why didn't the British ever seriously get into the business of
>    making computers?
> 
> A: They just couldn't figure out how to make the things leak oil.
> 
> (I tried to follow up with a lame joke about wacko 6-volt, positive
> grounded computers not being widely accepted, but my joke paled in
> comparison)