Wednesday, March 11, 2009

And the Winner Is--

Rough coupla days around these parts. When it comes to the most disturbing thing I've heard in the last four days, it's a toss-up. The candidates:

My mechanic saying, "It is the fuel pump. Once you figure in all the parts and labor it's going to be just a hair over $400."

The girl at the car rental agency saying, "We're going to go ahead and upgrade you to the Malibu because the Cobalt has a funky smell in it and we can't figure out where it's coming from."

6 comments:

  1. That sucks about the car. Ours is 11 years old now. It's always scary if it has to go to the mechanic. And I would be very grateful to the rental car people that they are sparing you the funky smell. THAT could be anything!!

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  2. It could, for example, be Slim Goodbody...I always wondered what ever happened to him!

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  3. oh god! i hate funky smells and those are always the ones that you can never figure out where the hell it's coming from.

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  4. Raino--For one of the best scary things/smells found in a car stories go here: http://www.karlababble.com/2005/09/when-flies-suddenly-gather-in-uncommon.html

    It was the first thing I thought of when the car rental lady said that.

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  5. good lord! wish i hadn't went there....

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  6. Yeah, maybe I should've said that by "best" I meant "so horribly disturbing it will be burned into your memory forever."

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