Shade tree mechanics--Beware!
07-20-2007, 09:11 AM
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So I'm laying under the 7 undoing the oil drain plug when the lady next door comes over and says "Hey, can I have a look in your toolbox?" I'm like "Sure." Next thing I know she's pulling down my zipper with her teeth! Startled, I sat up quickly, or rather tried to sit up, and whacked my head on the bottom of the car. Dazed, I had no choice but to let her finish draining my fluids.
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07-20-2007, 09:26 AM
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I've smacked my head under the car, but not in the same circumstance. I sneezed, whacked my cranium on the car, then reflexively pulled back and smacked my head on the concrete. My skull was like a pinball.
07-20-2007, 09:26 AM
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[quote name='1988RedT2' date='Jul 20 2007, 07:11 AM' post='878103']
So I'm laying under the 7 undoing the oil drain plug when the lady next door comes over and says "Hey, can I have a look in your toolbox?" I'm like "Sure." Next thing I know she's pulling down my zipper with her teeth! Startled, I sat up quickly, or rather tried to sit up, and whacked my head on the bottom of the car. Dazed, I had no choice but to let her finish draining my fluids.
And then my alarm went off....
So I'm laying under the 7 undoing the oil drain plug when the lady next door comes over and says "Hey, can I have a look in your toolbox?" I'm like "Sure." Next thing I know she's pulling down my zipper with her teeth! Startled, I sat up quickly, or rather tried to sit up, and whacked my head on the bottom of the car. Dazed, I had no choice but to let her finish draining my fluids.
And then my alarm went off....
07-20-2007, 08:08 PM
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"I should already know the job was done properly as blood was drawn during the process, which I think is the creedo of the backyard mechanic. I have come to think of it as a small blood sacrifice to the Road Gods of Steel and Asphalt. Things just seem to work out better once a couple drops of the precious is mixed with oil while muttering a sincere oath in French."
07-21-2007, 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by banzaitoyota' post='878171' date='Jul 20 2007, 09:08 PM
"I should already know the job was done properly as blood was drawn during the process, which I think is the creedo of the backyard mechanic. I have come to think of it as a small blood sacrifice to the Road Gods of Steel and Asphalt. Things just seem to work out better once a couple drops of the precious is mixed with oil while muttering a sincere oath in French."
That's downright poetic. John Jerome? John Muir?
07-21-2007, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by banzaitoyota' post='878171' date='Jul 20 2007, 09:08 PM
"I should already know the job was done properly as blood was drawn during the process, which I think is the creedo of the backyard mechanic. I have come to think of it as a small blood sacrifice to the Road Gods of Steel and Asphalt. Things just seem to work out better once a couple drops of the precious is mixed with oil while muttering a sincere oath in French."
I almost got a tear in my eye