The 3 Goldberg brothers, Norman, Hiram, and Max, invented and
developed the first automobile air-conditioner.
On July 17, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees. 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 130
degrees - 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 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 anti-Semitic, and there
was no way he was going to put the Goldberg's name on 2 million Fords.
They haggled back and forth for about 2 hours and finally agreed on
$4 million, and that just their first names would be shown. And so to
this day, all Ford air conditioners show Norm, Hi and Max on the
controls.
1 comment:
I love it. Funny joke.
My own car joke is this:
A man walks into a used car dealership and wants to buy a car. The salesman takes him around but every car he shows him the buyer finds something not to like about it and finally says, "Don't you have anything else?"
The salesman says, "Well we do have one more car, and wait until you see the radio on this one! You'll buy it just for the radio!"
He takes the man back to the far end of the lot and shows him an old beat up jalopy. The man says he's seen enough and turns around to walk away but the salesman protests, "But you haven't seen the radio yet!" So the man agrees to listen to the radio but says, "Who would buy a car just for a radio?"
So they get in and the salesman says what kind of music do you like? The man answers, "rock." So the salesman looks at the radio and says, "Rock." Immediately the radio turns on and tunes itself to a rock station. The salesman says, "now you try it." The amazed driver says, "country." The radio tunes itself and lands on a station that is playing country. The man goes on, "hip-hop," "classical," "rap." Each time the radio changes to a station that is playing that kind of music. The man is so amazed that he buys the car on the spot.
Later on he is driving home enjoying his incredible radio when another driver cuts him off in traffic. The man mutters under his breath, "Jerk!" Immediately the radio changes stations and finds Rush Limbaugh.
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