Joke

The following joke circulates for quite some time, with many different versions for <President> and <Other Country>. They are also issued to inform repair shops how to repair paint damaged by acid rain, etc. A related subcategory is lawyer jokes plays on the commonly-held stereotypes about lawyers. The Ford GT TSBs show that some cars may need hose clamps adjusted or replaced, and a few other tiny problems. The second one makes fun of political cliches, mottos, catch phrases or simply blunders of politicians. TSBs are Technical Service Bulletins that help eliminate problems that some cars may have. The first one makes fun of a negative attitude to political opponents or to politicians in general. There are a few other TSBs for the car.

There are two large categories of this type of jokes. Some journalists felt that this was an improper fix for an expensive supercar and criticized Ford for not either replacing the defective crankshaft or replacing the entire engine. Political jokes tell about politicians and heads of states. Ford dealers stopped the leak with a new main seal and a "Speedi-Sleeve" around the crankshaft, a device commonly used to repair worn engines in older cars. The target of the traded insults is most often the opponents' mothers, but can involve other family members as well. The finish of some crankshafts was flawed, causing an oil leak. Main article: The dozens. Jokes of this kind originate in the dozens, an African-American custom with West African roots in which two competitors -- usually males -- go head to head in a competition of comedic, often ribald, trash-talk. There was also a TSB (Technical Service Bulletin) to inspect the engine on early cars built in 2004 for an oil leak at the main seal.

Jokes in a certain category superficially look like math, but their essence is more akin to chemical composition. A similar problem was found in 1990 on the Ferrari F40.[3]. A series of them parodies mathematical/logical chains of reason. But after Ford discovered a crack in one of the high-mileage development cars, the company decided to replace the parts on all the production cars. Many of them are in-jokes, but may also be understandable by laymen. They had been "squash cast" for added strength, a new process also used by Porsche and Alfa Romeo. There are numerous jokes related to mathematics. In December of 2004, Ford recalled all Ford GTs that had been built up to that point (448 units were built, but only 283 had been shipped to dealers, and only 106 had been delivered to retail customers) because of concerns regarding the strength of the suspension control arms.

Main article: Mathematical joke. Early production Ford GT experienced a few minor problems (including glitches with the electrical and climate control systems, leaking power steering and engine coolant hoses, and a steering column rattle on some cars), and two bigger problems. Many jokes fit into more than one category. The production run of the GT will end with the 2006 model year in September, and the Wixom Assembly plant, where the GT is assembled, is scheduled for closing in 2007 [2]. Jokes often depend for humour on the unexpected, the mildly taboo (which can include the distasteful or socially improper), or the playing on stereotypes and other cultural myths. Recognizing the ongoing demand for the car, Ford raised the base sticker by $10,000 to $149,995 in late 2005. One of the most complete and informative books on different types of jokes and how to tell them is Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor, which encompasses several broad categories of humor, and gives useful tips on how to tell them, who to tell them to, and ways to change the joke to fit your audience. By June 2005 prices had dropped to $10,000 to $20,000 over MSRP, and in August 2005 several new GTs had sold on eBay for MSRP.

Laughter, the intended human reaction to jokes, is healthful in moderation, uses the stomach muscles, and releases endorphins, natural happiness-inducing chemicals, into the bloodstream. Independent sources [1] then began gathering and analysing public information on production, sales, and selling prices, and posted that information as a resource for buyers and sellers. Why we laugh has been the subject of serious academic study, examples being:. As with many highly desirable new vehicles, when the Ford GT was first released demand outpaced supply, and the cars initially sold for premium prices, with the first selling for over $500,000 to a retired Microsoft executive at a charity auction and later cars selling for up to $100,000 or more over the suggested retail price ($140,000 - $157,000 depending on options). . With production ending, it is unlikely that the full 4500 will be produced. Most jokes contain two components: joke setup (for example, "A man walks into a bar...") and a punchline, which, when juxtaposed with the setup, provides the necessary irony to elicit laughter from the audience. Of the 4,500 GTs produced, only 101 will be exported to Europe, starting in late 2005, and 200 are destined for Canada.

putting a custard pie in somebody's face). Installation of the engine, transmission, and interior is handled by Ford's Wixom, Michigan plant.
. A practical joke differs in that the humour is not verbal, but mainly visual (e.g. The GT is built and painted by Saleen in a small, 180,000 ft² (17,000 m²) factory in Troy, Michigan. A joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of being laughed at or found humorous by the listener or reader. The first customers took delivery in September 2004. Yo mama's glasses are so thick, she can see the future. Full production began in spring 2004, with a projected annual volume of 1500 cars for three years.

Yo mama so fat, when her pager goes off, people think she's backing up. . Yo mama so fat when she gets on the scale it says to be continued. Top speed is over 200 mph (322 km/h). Yo mama so dark that she can leave fingerprints on charcoal. The powerplant is a mid-mounted supercharged 5.4 liter V8, producing 550 horsepower (410 kW) and 500 foot-pounds (678 Nm) of torque. Yo mama's so dumb when your dad said it's chilly outside, she ran out with a spoon. It is a very high-performance, two-seater vehicle with a strong styling resemblance to its racing ancestor and performance to match.

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Sigmund Freud's "Jokes and Their Relationship to the Unconscious". URL accessed on February 9, 2006.. FordGTPrices.com. Unofficial Ford GT selling prices. This will mark the first time that an American car has been sponsored in the JGTC (First time that a Ford GT is used in a racing format?).

A Ford GT will participate in the GT300 class of the JGTC in 2006. Rumor has it that one of those nine has been sold to a local dealer and subsequently sold to a private party. The first nine GT's were reserved for internal use and appear to be owned by the Ford family. Jay Leno purchased the second publicly available Ford GT (chassis number 12, red with white stripes) for exactly list price.

Jon Shirley, a retired executive from Microsoft, purchased the first publicly available Ford GT (chassis number 11, white with black stripes) in 2003 for $557,500 in a charity auction hosted by Jay Leno. Also in Season 7, the Top Gear Awards awarded it the "Gas Guzzler" award, beating out the Range Rover (8MPG), the Bugatti Veyron (4MPG), and the Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire (60 Million gallons and never moved an inch). The car was then involved in a Season 7 episode of Top Gear where it (plus a Pagani Zonda and a Ferrari F430) caused a major traffic jam in Paris as it tried to get out of a parking garage but ended up barely scraping the pavement due to height issues. When reviewing the GT, Clarkson compared it to the Ford GT40: he barely fit into the GT, while a portion of his head laid outside of the GT40 when the doors closed.

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Twice. However, he subsequently bought the car back. However, as documented on Top Gear, his GT was delivered late, and ongoing problems with its anti-theft alarm led him to return it to Ford in June 2005. Jeremy Clarkson was one of the first 28 GT owners in the UK.

An obvious clone of the GT also appears in GTA: San Andreas, under the name "Bullet". A heavily modified racing version appears both on the cover, and the FMV Intro. Gran Turismo 4 uses a GT as its display car for the game.