5 refused to come, because their cars work on natural gas, and they can't refill their tanks frequently enough to make it back and forth. They sent a letter to the conference, urging everyone to move to natural gas.
Two other didn't arrive, because their cars were "just in service".
At 20:00, five mechanics arrived at the parking lot, and started to compare each other's motors. They started to play with each other's cars. A fire started, after a motor, being "unstable" overheated and started burning. There were minor injuries and some damage, so the conference could only start at 21:00.
This was no problem, because the other 8 mechanics were stuck with their cars, each one at a different place. They all arrived at some stage to the conference, some sooner, and some later.
As things turned out, the entire conference was spent on dealing with each of the war stories that these 8 mechanics had on their way to the conference. One had forgotten to close a bolt while playing with his car just before driving off, and someone else was trying some special lubricant, which turned out inadequate. And there were more stories, of course. And advice.
At 23:00, they all felt tired and decided to go home. Some called for their wives, who took them home in their Mazdas...
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