Going to Nepal

Joe's wild, zany adventures to Nepal and at home.

15 January 2007

Bad day for me......

Well, actually not the whole day. Hell, not even that bad, just, from the right angle, funny as hell. I was heading home to catch a flick with Runt on 880N. Now as you approach 238S the traffic is always slow in this area, I merge in and continue on at about 5mph. Stoopidly I didn't pay attention for a second and realized that I was quickly approaching the car in front of me. I bumped into him (saying I hit him is like admitting that I was in an accident), I got flustered, pulled over. He pulled over. I took my keys out of the ignition, threw them on the passanger seat and grabbed my insurance information and jumped out of my car. He got out of his. He looked at his bumper, rubbed the paint, most of the scuff disappeared. No problem he says. Cool I say as I walk back to my car. I'll make it home in time to catch the movie. I pat my pockets for my keys. Negative ghost rider. They are on the passenger seat of your car. Which is locked because as ALC will tell you, I ALWAYS lock my car when I get out of it. So I dial up AAA. I'm locked out of my car. Okay sir, where are you located? Where 880N meets 238S. Sir, I'm not familiar with those streets, where exactly is that. Those are highways ma'am. Long pause. Yes, ma'am, I locked my keys in my car on the side of the freeway. Not exactly the smartest thing I've done, but also not the dumbest. Long pause. Sir, it doesn't seem to be your day, let's see what we can do about that.
20 minutes later the AAA guy shows up and gets me in my car in less that a minute. He also tells me the story of the only other time that he helped someone who locked their keys in the car on the freeway. That guys story is far more interesting. Mine was only intertaining, fortunately for me I realized that while it was happening. So kids, don't lock your keys in your car on the freeway. And pay attention to the car in front of you. And I've still never been involved in an accident. That caused damage to someone else's car. I rock.

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