Just for Shits n Giggles

Are you a dumbshit? I know I can be. We invite you to share with us your dumbshit episodes. We’ll post the stories here and next month we’ll announce a winner who will receive accolades plus an autographed 2010 Just for Shits n Giggles calendar! (Be still my heart!) I’ll start the ball rolling.

Back when I drove “old blue”, my 1990 Dodge Dynasty, I would meet my carpooling buddy at the “Park and Ride.” Now old Blue was a special kind of car with some unique features. Every time I’d go over a good bump the doors would unlock and relock and the warning bell would chime. You could also take the key out of the ignition without turning the car off – pretty special huh? So one morning while waiting for my ride I turned on the radio and closed my eyes for a few minutes. I woke up to my carpool buddy honking his horn. I grabbed my keys and lunch, jumped out of the car and off we went.

When I returned that evening I discovered I had managed to pull the keys out without shutting the car off. It’s surprising how little a car will burn idling for 9 hours. I wouldn’t particularly recommend you try it, but at least it didn’t run out of gas or blow up. So there you have it. I’m a dumbshit. How about you?