What color?

Today while in a meeting with some friends in the UK, we were just coming back from a break when we noticed the screen saver playing on the computer that was hooked to the ‘beamer’ (no, not a BMW, but what we ‘yanks’ would call a projector) was showing a gasoline engine being put together piece by piece and then showing a cut-away version with all the various moving parts, and the cycles it goes through, etc. Admittedly, it was pretty cool.

It was about this time that one of the lady’s (a lovely German lady) said in a slight huff “Oh, only men would be interested in such a thing.” We then tried to convince her that this was in fact neat to see, etc. She asked if it was a car’s engine, to which we said yes, hoping she was now beginning to take a bit more interest. She replied by saying, “The only thing I want to know is . . . . . what color is the car?” We all laughed together.