You may be aware that I'm a big fan of F1 so I was suprised to receive the following press announcement.
************Press Release***********
The Ferrari F1 Team fired their entire pit crew. The announcement followed
Ferrari's decision to take advantage of Tony Blair's incentive "Work for All"
scheme and hire unemployed youths from Liverpool.
The decision to hire them was brought on by a recent documentary on how the
unemployed youths in Liverpool were able to remove a set of car wheels in less
than six seconds without proper equipment, whereas Ferrari's existing crew can
only do it in eight seconds.
This was thought to be an excellent yet bold move by Ferrari Management, as
most races are won & lost in the pits, Ferrari would have a distinct advantage
over every team.
However Ferrari's expectations were soon shattered, as during the new Crew's
first practice session; not only were "da boys from Bootle" able to change the
tyres in under six seconds, but within 12 seconds they had resprayed, rebadged
and sold the vehicle to the McLaren Team for four dozen Stella's and a gram of
charlie.
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