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Old 08-02-2006, 06:44 PM   #1
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Oil Change instructions for Women:

1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 10,000 k's since the last oil change.
2) Drink a cup of coffee.
3) 15 minutes later write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.

Money spent: Oil Change $20.00 Coffee $1.00 Total $21.00


Oil Change instructions for Men:

1) Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check for $50.00.
2) Stop by liquor store and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20.00, drive home.
3) Open a beer and drink it.
4) Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands. Jack car up.
5) Find jack stands under kids pedal car.
6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7) Place drain pan under engine.
8) Look for 9/16 box end wrench.
9) Give up and use crescent wrench.
10) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on face and arms in process. Cuss.
11) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms.
12) Throw kitty litter on spilled oil.
13) Have another beer while watching oil drain.
14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench.
15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and twist off.
16) Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash can to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer.
17) Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Decide to finish oil change tomorrow so you can go see his new garage door opener work.
18) Sunday: Skip church because "I gotta finish the oil change." Drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car. Cleverly dump oil in hole in back yard instead of taking it to recycle.
19) Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.
20) Beer. No, drank it all yesterday.
21) Walk to liquor store; buy beer.
22) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface.
23) Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
24) Remember drain plug from step 10.
25) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
26) Remember that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard along with drain plug.
27) Drink beer.
28) Shovel out hole and sift oily mud for drain plug. Re-shovel oily patch of ground and avoid environmental penalties. Wash drain plug in lawnmower gas.
29) Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty litter on oil spill.
30) Drink beer.
31) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame.
32) Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31.
33) Begin cussing fit.
34) Throw stupid crescent wrench.
35) Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss December (1992) in the left boob.
36) Beer.
37) Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop blood flow.
38) Beer.
39) Beer.
40) Dump in five fresh quarts of oil.
41) Beer.
42) Lower car from jack stands.
43) Accidentally crush remaining case of new motor oil.
44) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during steps 23 - 43.
45) Beer.
46) Test drive car.
47) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.
48) Car gets impounded.
49) Call loving wife, make bail.
50) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard.

Money spent: Parts $50.00, DUI $2500.00, Impound fee $75.00, Bail $1500.00, Beer $40.00.. Total-- $4165.00

But, you have the satisfaction of knowing the job was done right...

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Old 08-02-2006, 07:09 PM   #2
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oh makes me so glad Im female after reading that :
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Old 08-02-2006, 07:15 PM   #3
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... thats not funny :(
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Old 08-02-2006, 07:21 PM   #4
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... thats not funny :(
No it's bloody hilarious.

Not only that it's true. :
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Old 08-02-2006, 07:24 PM   #5
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2) Stop by liquor store and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20.00, drive home.
Where might this "bargain" be found? :
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Old 08-02-2006, 07:33 PM   #6
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HA HA, Classis :
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Old 08-02-2006, 07:37 PM   #7
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lmao.... bloody sensational!

I know a few blokes with a garage & habits just like that!
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Old 09-02-2006, 05:48 AM   #8
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haha thats a good one
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Old 09-02-2006, 06:28 AM   #9
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Classic..........

And i thought i was the only sleeper with these bad habits. lol !
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Old 09-02-2006, 07:52 AM   #10
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Drinking is good and so much better when working on a the car.
Especially when ya loose skin of the knuckles!!
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Old 09-02-2006, 07:58 AM   #11
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Drinking is good and so much better when working on a the car.
Especially when ya loose skin of the knuckles!!
Thats why any equiped garage has to have a beer fridge, and the bigger the better.
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Old 09-02-2006, 08:37 AM   #12
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OMG That's a classic
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Old 09-02-2006, 09:35 AM   #13
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If you go to Jiffy Lube, you don't get any beer
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Old 09-02-2006, 10:20 AM   #14
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You forgot....

.....burn hands on trying to remove old hot oil filter. Use old rag to get good grip, but your hands slide off cause of oil on rag and you graze your nuckles. Spend the next 20 minutes removing blood stains from engine bay. :evil_laug
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