This one about the Chinese buying up MG-Rover makes me giggle:
Bartons = Chinese.
On the first day of Christmas,
The Bartons sent to me
Longbridge in a pear tree.
On the second day of Christmas,
The Bartons sent to me
Two driving gloves,
And Longbridge in a pear tree.
On the third day of Christmas,
The Bartons sent to me
Three TF's,
Two driving gloves,
And Longbridge in a pear tree.
On the fourth day of Christmas,
The Bartons sent to me
Four photoshops,
Three TF's,
Two driving gloves,
And Longbridge in a pear tree.
On the fifth day of Christmas,
The Bartons sent to me
Five piston rings,
Four photoshops,
Three TF's,
Two driving gloves,
And Longbridge in a pear tree.
On the sixth day of Christmas,
The Bartons sent to me
Six lift-and-shifts,
Five piston rings,
Four photoshops,
Three TF's,
Two driving gloves,
And Longbridge in a pear tree.
On the seventh day of Christmas,
The Bartons sent to me
Seven more delays,
Six lift-and-shifts,
Five piston rings,
Four photoshops,
Three TF's,
Two driving gloves,
And Longbridge in a pear tree.
On the eighth day of Christmas,
The Bartons sent to me
Eight engines blowing,
Seven more delays,
Six lift-and-shifts,
Five piston rings,
Four photoshops,
Three TF's,
Two driving gloves,
And Longbridge in a pear tree.
On the ninth day of Christmas,
The Bartons sent to me
Nine failed bearings,
Eight engines blowing,
Seven more delays,
Six lift-and-shifts,
Five piston rings,
Four photoshops,
Three TF's,
Two driving gloves,
And Longbridge in a pear tree.
On the tenth day of Christmas,
The Bartons sent to me
Ten plundered blue-prints,
Nine failed bearings,
Eight engines blowing,
Seven more delays,
Six lift-and-shifts,
Five piston rings,
Four photoshops,
Three TF's,
Two driving gloves,
And Longbridge in a pear tree.
On the eleventh day of Christmas,
The Bartons sent to me
Eleven egg fried rice,
Ten plundered blue-prints,
Nine failed bearings,
Eight engines blowing,
Seven more delays,
Six lift-and-shifts,
Five piston rings,
Four photoshops,
Three TF's,
Two driving gloves,
And Longbridge in a pear tree.
On the twelfth day of Christmas,
The Bartons sent to me
Twelve Austin Healeys,
Eleven egg fried rice,
Ten plundered blue-prints,
Nine failed bearings,
Eight engines blowing,
Seven more delays,
Six lift-and-shifts,
Five piston rings,
Four photoshops,
Three TF's,
Two driving gloves,
And Longbridge in a pear tree!
