Joe Lucas, Prince Of Darkness: British Electrical System Jokes

By  Andrew Stoy

What better way to while away the lazy afternoon hours than with a collection of jokes, anecdotes and humorous diagrams depicting the joys of Lucas electrical systems? Joe Lucas — or, more accurately, the company bearing his name — engineered electrical bits for pretty much everything emanating from the UK, and the notorious unreliability of Lucas components played a key role in tanking the British car industry in the early 1980s. Make the jump for "If Lucas made guns, wars would not start," and other classics.

  • The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."

  • Lucas is the patent holder for the short circuit.

  • Lucas – Inventor of the first intermittent wiper.

  • Lucas – Inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.

  • The three position Lucas switch – Dim, Flicker and Off.

  • The Original Anti-Theft Device – Lucas Electrics.

  • Lucas is an acronym for Loose Unsoldered Connections and Splices

    Many more, along with some funny graphics, at Mez.co.uk.

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