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Posted by gorehound on May 20, 2007, 9:10 pm
>I don't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's
>see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week.
>
> Mine:
>
> SWMBO bought herself a preowned Buick a little while ago and yesterday I
> treated it to a new set of wiper blades and decided to check the fluids
> under the hood for her.
>
> Every car we've ever owned before had the coolant overflow bottle up front
> near the radiator, and the windshield washer fluid reservoir near the
> firewall.
>
> Alas, her Buick has those containers in just the the opposite locations,
> and so I dutifully topped off the coolant overflow bottle with windshield
> washer fluid.
>
> I recognized my brain fart when I next went to check what I thought was
> the coolant overflow bottle and saw an "squirter" icon on its cap. The
> bottle I'd just misfilled had no icon on its cap, but it now has the
> message "COOLANT, DUMMY" written on it in marking pen. <G>
>
> Fortunately the coolant overflow bottle's hose connects to a nipple on its
> bottom so I was able to pop off that hose and drain my mistake into a
> couple of coffee cans, then refill the bottle with antifreeze.
>
> Jeff
> --
> Jeffry Wisnia
> (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
> The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight.
what is SWMBO?
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