I ran out of gas on the way to work today. I’ve noticed for a couple of days that my gas tank was near empty, but I kept saying, “I’ll get to it tomorrow.” Well, today, I was kind of late to work, so I didn’t have a chance to go to the gas station (which is approximately 20 seconds’ drive from my studio). So I hopped in the car and hoped I could make the 15-minute drive. I was almost there when I started hearing unpleasant “I am empty” noises from the gas tank, and the steering began to freeze up. Thankfully, there was a legal parking space right in front of me that I was able to roll into, so I could hop out and run to work.
The nice people at the gas station that my office is next to let me borrow a gas can instead of making me buy one – I come in there every day for sodas and Oreos, so they recognize me. At least I didn’t have to shell out 10 bucks for being a dumbass, too.
You’re not a dumbass, Snooooopy. After all, you picked the best place to run out of gas.
I had quite a vivid mental picture of your gas tank sputtering, “I’m ::cough:: empty! ::wheeze::: I’m ::gasp:: empty!” in a scratchy, gas-tank voice (however that sounds).
Snooop - (sorry if I forgot some o’s) you are not an idiot. I can’t stress this enough. You, are NOT, an idiot.
My SO, however, is. He managed, in my old car, to run out of gas four times. Under exactly the same circumstances. In exactly the same spot on our drive home. He also has forgotten to fill necessary and life sustaining engine fluids and managed to effectively kill two other cars via cracked heads in the space of two months. THAT, my dear, is being an idiot.
Snooops, my dear, you have a LONG way to go to fit the dumbass category.
I had an old car with an electric fuel pump that made a clicking noise. And the clicking noise changed when it started sucking air instead of gasoline. I still ran out of gas once, but I guess a 60-second warning is better than none at all.
I’ll relay (whether you want to hear it or not) my idiot running out of gas story, and you’ll feel soooo much better about yourself.
I’ve only run out of gas once. It was when I was 16, I’d been driving about a month. There I am tooling down the rural back roads of northern Maine in my dad’s 76 Pinto wagon, with the cool bubble windows in the back, without a care in the world when - sputter sputter - cough cough - dead engine.
Now here’s me - “What happened? Why did the car stop? What is going on?”
I call my dad from a nearby house and explain to him exactly what happened - did he think the battery died? - did it throw a rod? - did the flux modulator over condense the tubulator? Hell I had no idea what happened.
Dad - “Son, what’s the gas guage say?”
Me - “Oops.”
So there, put that in yer pipe and smoke it. Who’s the bigger idiot now?
One night, I went out with my friends. We drove separate cars (7 of us in 2 cars) and were on our way to the new Hooters in a nearby town. Well, I had to get on Interstate 15 (Merritt Parkway, for all you Connecticut-ites) to get there the easy way. Just as I’m about to get on the entrance ramp, I look at my gas gauge: empty. Freaking out, I pulled a U-turn, cut off 2 cars, and rocketed to the gas station right near the highway entrance.
There, I used my last $10 for gas, which meant I wouldn’t be eating anything at Hooters (not that people go there to EAT), but one of my friends bought me a steak and cheese sandwich. What a guy.
Ooooh MysterEcks, you almost slipped that one right past me, it was soooo subtle and funny. If you merely want to Gore bash why not do it here. That way you won’t have to be funny or brilliant (which you weren’t anyway).
Hey Tim, why don’t you go back and find that green magic marker that someone used to write “penis eater” on your face. That way I can mark a spot for you to pour your syrup on. Al Gore’s all asshole if you hadn’t noticed by now. You probably just probably haven’t bothered to read this thread.
My ex-husband and I owned a business. He was working one day driving the company truck: A big truck. He calles to tell me there’s some problem with it that he can’t figure out so he’s getting a tow home. this was extrememly expensive.