# Jon Bon Jovi **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 9, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-bon-jovi/228269 "2004-02-09T14:25:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Pergau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7c8e57/32.png) [@Pergau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pergau)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-bon-jovi/228269/41 "2004-02-10T13:10:33Z")
I was at a petrol station recently when a poetic voice came over the tannoy and said, in a thick Cavan accent, “Customer, you have selected diesel” and it turned out that I had! By the way, there are no attendants in “gas stations” here, they’re all trainee assistant managers. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-bon-jovi/228269/42 "2004-02-10T14:04:54Z")
Why, just the same thing happened to me. And the voice said: _O loyal customer, thou hast selected diesel, Yet it were unleaded that thou ought - I, loyal servant of thy petrol station Shall rectify the liquid that thou sought, And swiftly change thy carriage’s elixir From that which would thy engine disembowel (As if a noble Bedouin’s oasis Did offer only aqua regia foul, And thus the camel, stooping low to sup it Would innocently drink the pois’nous brine And fall as in a fit of dreadful vapours And wither as a leaf upon the vine) And thus with magical mechanics I do thy bidding like a woodland sprite. (We also offer sherbets, sweetmeats, candies, And vouchers that thou canst redeem for shite.)_ ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-bon-jovi/228269/43 "2004-02-10T15:42:58Z")
Hi Octane again, pop the cap, lift the pump. await hum of acceptance Insert funnel into awaiting tube. pull trigger. hypnotised by the flash of passing cars, until the sharp aroma of petrol station flowers (half price for mothers day) brings awareness back to suburbia. Wipe hands on blue paper dispenser, close cap and tap the hood. Take the cash and watch for signal mirror indicate, children rushing out the door to school. Replenish peat briquettes at side of door. Hi octane again, pop cap, lift the pump. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-bon-jovi/228269/44 "2004-02-10T17:23:12Z")
Now look what you fuckers have done, you’ve got **Twisty** back sniffing the 4 star. ---
**Author:** ![micilin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@micilin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/micilin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-bon-jovi/228269/45 "2004-02-10T19:18:36Z")
Diesel??? Petrol??? [Bollocks!](http://www.t4w.co.uk/_content/departurelounge/main_virallibrary/vw_golf_bollocks/_resources/vw_bollocks.mov) Be warned the link’s a 1.2MB quicktime movie. Its worth it though. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-bon-jovi/228269/46 "2004-02-10T19:43:47Z")
This thread, unlike JBJ, complety rocks. 😃 I rarely L.O.L. at an SDMB thread, but jjimm’s post about the actual article in _Then!_ magazine cracked me the fuck up. 🙂 Also, that Bollocks commercial’s just the dog’s bonjovis. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-bon-jovi/228269/47 "2004-02-11T01:23:32Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I just went into a shop to check my facts, and now find that I’d totally misread everything. > > In fact, the article was printed in _Then!_ magazine, and was about Johann Sebastian Bach… You mean the fellow from Skid Row? Easy mistake, he and JBJ were both well known for their hair. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-bon-jovi/228269/48 "2004-02-11T01:29:36Z")
> [@Joel](#): > > You mean the fellow from Skid Row? Easy mistake, he and JBJ were both well known for their hair. Sorry, that was me; I forgot to switch screennames. [Slinks off in shame] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-bon-jovi/228269.md?page=2)