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Sunday, November 11, 2007

More Eggs, More Gas, and More Holiday Spirit

In the last two days I have posted about eggs and holiday grinches. Alas, I now see the connection between the two. Another emissary of the holidays was apparently in my neighborhood last night. I think this one was actually a Halloween emissary who somehow missed that Halloween had already come and gone. This morning we woke up to find that someone had egged my husband's car. One difference between Halloween and mid-November, was that the yolk froze. Fortunately, it all came off.

While I often write posts about the Big Giraffe having egg on his face, I have never written one about him having egg on his car. This shouldn't have been a problem, you might think. After all, I was the only one who had to be someplace this morning. That is where the story gets more dramatic...

I happened to read a wise and intelligent blog post a while back by someone named Balex Melliot on the importance of not driving around with the gas tank on empty. Upon first reading her post I was shocked because honestly what kind of idiot drives around with her car that empty? Personally, I tell everyone that I never drive my car unless the tank is at least 3/4 full. I mean why would you take any chances? Plus with the cold weather arriving, your gas tank might freeze if it's empty. Everyone knows this. There is no reason to not heed this valuable advice.

You can imagine then how upset I was this morning when I found my gas tank on empty. Apparently the person who egged the Big Giraffe's car was also in possession of the keys to my car and had the audacity to not only drain the gas tank to just above empty, but to jam the door to the gas tank. I was completely shocked. After all, it is not like there was a sign on the gas tank telling me that the door was jammed. I found out once I got to the gas station to fill it up and was unable to do so. I was actually late to an event as a result.

Unfortunately, my cell phone's roadside assistance plan does not offer the service of opening a stuck gas tank door. The person who answered the call put me in for an emergency gas refill, which is a covered service. Since the person who responded to the call could not deliver the gas without opening the gas tank door, he obviously had to help us out. As it turned out, he also knew that he was not technically responsible for opening gas tank doors, but he helped out anyway.

The most shocking part of the gas tank story is that the Big Giraffe won't believe a word of it! Unfortunately the evidence proving the egg story was more difficult for him to ignore.

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned Once Again: It's really NOT a good idea to drive around with the gas tank almost empty.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 5:57 PM   8 comments
8 Comments:

  • At 11/11/2007 6:48 PM, Anonymous The Big Giraffe said…

    Your post misrepresents my viewpoint. I have no trouble believing that someone "drained" your car of gas. I in fact know who did it and how. I just don't believe that the same person egged my car. Even if egging a car were consistent with your personality, you seemed far too tired after driving to and from the New England Aquarium.

     

  • At 11/11/2007 8:49 PM, Blogger Heather said…

    Uh oh!

     

  • At 11/12/2007 9:35 AM, Blogger Chantelle said…

    That Balex Melliott really does dish out some good advice. :)

     

  • At 11/12/2007 9:56 AM, Blogger Tracey said…

    :) I have to smile...

     

  • At 11/12/2007 10:39 AM, Blogger Kami said…

    That is one frustrating day.

    WHO is this person and why did they have the keys to your car?

    :-)

     

  • At 11/12/2007 11:54 AM, Blogger slouching mom said…

    Balex Melliott!!

    Snort.

     

  • At 11/12/2007 3:54 PM, Blogger Worker Mommy said…

    Ha, I should take advice from Balex Melliot.
    I am the worst offender of driving around close to E. Hey in my defense I take the train to work so I don't drive a huge amount during the week.
    Ok,ok I know...still risky!

     

  • At 11/12/2007 9:46 PM, Blogger painted maypole said…

    that does not sound like a good start to your day. Hope it got better!

     
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