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It's a wonder they didn't come out and tell you
there were a bunch of additional holes in each rim. You could have told
them the wheels had been infested with rim worms, a parasite that turns metal
into rust and then consumes the rust. I'll bet they would have believed it.
I thought people were decades ago when I first heard about duct
mites.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 11:13
PM
Subject: IML: A funny Story
Hi Group,
I went to the local Wal-mart today in Reading, PA,
for tires for my recently aquired 64 Imperial LeBaron. I asked for
whitewalls in P235/75R-15. The girl at the counter asked what kind of
SUV I wanted them for? I told her they were for an Imperial. She asked
who makes that? And do I want the whitewalls out? It gets
better.
After she wrote the work order, she handed it to a kid in the shop.
A few minutes later she came into the customer lounge and told me there was a
problem. She said the stripes on the side of the tires were not white,
they were blue. It took everything I had to hold back the
laughter. I said "No kidding? I never saw anything like that. Could you
show me?" She said "Ya, come on out and I'll show you."
We went out to the
tire rack where, sure enough, they were blue! I could hold back no
longer. After about two minutes of hysterical laughter, I got back up off the
floor and licked my fingers and wiped off a little blue and exposed the
whitewall. Boy, she was amazed! She never knew about the miracle blue
turning into white.
Then the boy in the shop started the job. He
couldn't finish the first wheel because they didn't have any tire valves for
the big hole. This place sells tires but only had the skinny valves. I
had to drive down to the NAPA store to buy the valves.
I'm glad I
decided to carry the wheels in so I didn't have to explain how to remove
left hand threaded lug nuts.
This just made my day!
Regards,
Mark
Souders
300H
64 LeBaron
Mohrsville, PA
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