- Jan 3, 2001
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Heard something on the radio this morning that reminded me of this goofy incident last week.
I was visiting my parents, who still live in my childhood neighborhood (which has unfortunately turned 2 steps from the ghetto). After 40 years, they're finally packing up and moving to somewhere safer, so I was helping them move boxes out to their car. Next door, the house where my best friend used to live, is now occupied by a family of at least 16 renters.
In the garage I notice three guys standing around the rear wheel of a jacked up car...all of them with cigarettes hanging off their lips. An old man, also smoking, is cranking on the rear wheel to remove the tire. It turns out he's showing the three guys how to change brakes.
The old guy says something about "These old drum brakes rust in place, so you gotta whack 'em to get it loose." He proceeds to slam the wheel with a hammer, the brake drum falls off, and a big cloud of brake dust flies everywhere.
The old man jumps up, pushes the three guys back, takes the cigarette out of his mouth, and actually says "Don't breathe that stuff...it causes cancer!"
Must be a fact someone told him at work while on a smoke break.
I was visiting my parents, who still live in my childhood neighborhood (which has unfortunately turned 2 steps from the ghetto). After 40 years, they're finally packing up and moving to somewhere safer, so I was helping them move boxes out to their car. Next door, the house where my best friend used to live, is now occupied by a family of at least 16 renters.
In the garage I notice three guys standing around the rear wheel of a jacked up car...all of them with cigarettes hanging off their lips. An old man, also smoking, is cranking on the rear wheel to remove the tire. It turns out he's showing the three guys how to change brakes.
The old guy says something about "These old drum brakes rust in place, so you gotta whack 'em to get it loose." He proceeds to slam the wheel with a hammer, the brake drum falls off, and a big cloud of brake dust flies everywhere.
The old man jumps up, pushes the three guys back, takes the cigarette out of his mouth, and actually says "Don't breathe that stuff...it causes cancer!"
Must be a fact someone told him at work while on a smoke break.