Hooray for Jet Lag
I am back safely from an awesome trip to Europe to visit Maverick. However, I am a little too tired/jet lagged after getting back last night and working ten hours today to post any pictures/details from the trip tonight. I'll be sure to provide the awesome details later this week.
Instead, I will post an unrelated story from my trip to the gas station this evening.
Anyone who fills up the gas tank on their car should know that there are three things you are not supposed to do while filling up the car. First, turn off the engine. Second, don't smoke. Third, don't talk on your cell phone. There is a friendly picture detailing these rules at every pump. Today as I was topping off the tank, I noticed that the guy at the pump next to me was violating two of the three rules. Surprisingly, he was not talking on his cell phone. While that guy might choose to tempt fate every time he fills up his car, I decided that i needed to finish up quickly and high-tail it away from the gas station as quickly as possible before I was an unknown statistic in this man's effort to win a Darwin Award in 2006.
Really, are there people out there stupid enough to leave the engine running and smoke a cigarette while putting gasoline in their car? Wow. If I wasn't almost done, I would have asked him to not endanger my life, but I was gone before he had 0.5 gallons in the vehicle.
Instead, I will post an unrelated story from my trip to the gas station this evening.
Anyone who fills up the gas tank on their car should know that there are three things you are not supposed to do while filling up the car. First, turn off the engine. Second, don't smoke. Third, don't talk on your cell phone. There is a friendly picture detailing these rules at every pump. Today as I was topping off the tank, I noticed that the guy at the pump next to me was violating two of the three rules. Surprisingly, he was not talking on his cell phone. While that guy might choose to tempt fate every time he fills up his car, I decided that i needed to finish up quickly and high-tail it away from the gas station as quickly as possible before I was an unknown statistic in this man's effort to win a Darwin Award in 2006.
Really, are there people out there stupid enough to leave the engine running and smoke a cigarette while putting gasoline in their car? Wow. If I wasn't almost done, I would have asked him to not endanger my life, but I was gone before he had 0.5 gallons in the vehicle.
posted by GaryGinew at 6:56 PM
2 Comments:
Good lord, Gary, it's about time you came back to update your blog and entertain the masses!
I'm sure you have plenty to talk about for a while...lots of goings on in the states and abroad that you might have opinions on.
That smoking guy sounds like he was having a lot of fun - gasoline fight! :)
why did I have "wake me up, before you go-go" playing in my head as I read this?
gar, my dad regularly leaves the engine on while filling up. yes, I too wonder how I am related to him.
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