The 3 Goldberg brothers, Norman, Hiram, and Max invented and developed the first automobile air-conditioner.

On July 17th, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97º.

The 3 brothers walked into old man Henry Ford's office and sweet-talked his secretary into telling him that 3 gentlemen were there with the most exciting innovation in the auto industry since the electric starter.

Henry was curious and invited them into his office. They refused and instead asked that he come out to the parking lot to their car.

They persuaded him to get into the car which was about 130º - turned on the air-conditioner and cooled the car off immediately.

The old man got very excited and invited them back to the office, where he offered them 3 million dollars for the patent.

The brothers refused saying they would settle for 2 million but they wanted the recognition by having a label "The Goldberg Air-Conditioner" on the dashboard of each car that it was installed in.

Now old man Ford was more than just a little bit Anti-Semitic, and there was no way he was going to put the Goldberg's name on 2 million Ford cars.

They haggled back and forth for about 2 hours and finally agreed on 3 million dollars and that just their first names would be shown.

And so, even today, all Ford air-conditioners controls are labeled "Norm, Hi, & Max

 

nice...i enjoyed that lil joke

 

Good one nathan

 

Welcome 98F150LLC, nice to have you drop in.
Funny one Nathan, sounds like about what Henry might do.

 

thats a good one.

i seen this fact on tv the other night that at the end of every shift henry ford would give each employee a white or pink slip on their quality of work that day white being good job pink being walking papers.

could you imagine!

 

Yeah that was probably when there was a ton of people looking for work, and he could find replacements no problem.

 

good joke. yeah, these days he'd be going around passing out tips. there is an amazing lack of laborers...or "willing to work" 'ers

 

Especially good workers!

 

hehehehehe

 

Heres a ford joke for ya

Henry Ford dies and goes to heaven. At the Gates, St. Peter greets Ford, and tells him, "Well, you've been such a good guy, and your invention ... the assembly line for the automobiles ... changed the world. As a reward, you can hang out with anyone in Heaven you want."
Ford thinks about it, and says, "I want to hang out with God Himself."

So, the befuddled St. Peter takes Ford to the Throne Room, and introduces him to God. Ford then asks God, "When you invented woman, what were you thinking?"
God asks, "What do you mean?"
"Well," says Ford, "you have some major design flaws in your invention:

There's too much front end protrusion.
It chatters way too much at high speeds.
Maintenance is extremely high.
It constantly needs repainting and refinishing.
It is out of commission at least 5 or 6 of every 28 days.
The rear end wobbles too much.
The intake is placed too close to the exhaust.
The headlights are usually too small.
Fuel consumption is outrageous.
Just to name a few."

"Hmmmm...," replies God, "hold on a minute." God goes over to the Celestial Supercomputer, types in a few keystrokes, and waits for the results. In no time the computer prints out a report and God reads it. God then turns to Ford and says, "It may be that my invention is flawed, but, according to these statistics, more men are riding my invention than yours."

 

oh man...this is crazy...

 

Aint it great

 

HAHA both good jokes lol

 

This day holds a lot of meaning for me. It was on this day two years ago that I lost my dear wife and children.












I'll never forget that game of cards...

 

and I started feeling bad for you.
haha