Dumb And Dumber

History teaches us that history teaches us nothing.

At the moment, it's a necessity with our aging vehicle that I check the oil regularly, and certainly before every long trip.

Last Friday, I did this before leaving for our Manilla sleepover. Arriving at Tamworth, we discovered a thin film of oil over the rear end of the vehicle caused by---- Yours truly had forgotten to replace the filler cap after dutifully checking the oil.

Margaret faithfully said to me after this incident "You won't be doing that again".

Hah! I proved her so wrong!

Today, after delivering a load of essential furniture to Philip's new flat in Sydney, I dutifully checked the oil before returning to Newcastle. A few kilometres down the road, I stopped to fuel up and noticed smoke coming from the engine compartment. Yep! Once again stupidity had resurfaced.

I need a big sign in the car that says "Put the lid back on you idiot!"

Now what is going to happen next time I check the oil is Margaret will say "Did you put the lid back on?" and I will be really irritated at her lack of faith in my common sense!

Did you hear about the blonde who went to the garage and asked for some 710? The mechanic couldn't work out what she wanted so he said, "Show me where you put it." So she goes out and sure enough there on top of the engine there is the cap that says "710". If you don't get it, go and look at the cap on the top of your car engine (Hint: upside down, it looks very similar to something that I might have run very short of in the last week or so!)