# It was almost a bad day...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-almost-a-bad-day/27258>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 28, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-almost-a-bad-day/27258 "2000-07-28T20:16:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tim\_patton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tim\_patton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim_patton)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-almost-a-bad-day/27258/1 "2000-07-28T20:16:52Z")

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The other day,I left the house to go to the store and suddenly ran out of gas. I quickly ran home and since the store was only a few miles away, I went to get the riding lawn mower. It wouldn’t start, so I ended up taking the push mower instead.

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**Author:** ![sortawicked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sortawicked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sortawicked)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-almost-a-bad-day/27258/2 "2000-07-28T20:22:34Z")

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…did you run outta gas because you’d used it all for killing brain cells???😃

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**Author:** ![tim\_patton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tim\_patton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim_patton)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-almost-a-bad-day/27258/3 "2000-08-06T16:41:47Z")

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I was under the impression that “brain cells” would grow back. Who knew?