14 Jun 09 - 09:31 AM (#2656081) Subject: Lyr Add: LIFE OF A PARTS MAN (Leo Chouinard) From: oldhippie Anyone know the tune for this? Or, of any recordings? LIFE OF A PARTS MAN Leo Chouinard I work behind the counter In an automotive store Sometimes I'm called a genius Sometimes I'm called much more I claim I'm no mechanic But when the job goes sick The mechanic comes and asks me What makes the damned thing tick I'm supposed to know the numbers Of bolts and nuts and gears For every car that was ever made For more than forty years I'm an engineer and machinist And what not, Oh, my Lord I'm supposed to be an Edison Combined with Henry Ford But life would be a pleasure And I'd grin from ear to ear If the customer would tell me The model, make, and year. |
14 Jun 09 - 11:51 AM (#2656130) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Life of A Parts Man - Leo Chouinard From: Leadfingers "I want to book my boss's Mercedes in for a service" "What Model madam?" "Its Blue!" ACTUAL conversation at a Mercedes Dealership ! SEVERAL times ! |
14 Jun 09 - 01:39 PM (#2656207) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Life of A Parts Man - Leo Chouinard From: Bernard 'Can I buy a new dip stick, please?' 'Why's that, madam?' 'This one doesn't reach the oil!' On a more serious note, a mechanic friend of mine tells of a police squad car calling in because they thought they had a flat battery... they were quite right - it had literally melted! |
15 Jun 09 - 12:08 PM (#2656980) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Life of A Parts Man - Leo Chouinard From: EBarnacle Gee, when I was sales manager/being service manager/being parts manager for a SAAB and Citroen dealership, I only had to know where to find the part numbers and prices for two books, which parts were generic, and so on for a couple of thousand parts. |