Oil change – Men vs Women September 2, 2006
Posted by Al in : funny , trackbackOil Change instructions for Women:
1) Pull up to Halfords when mileage = 3000 miles since the last oil change.
2) Drink a cup of coffee.
3) 15 minutes later write a cheque 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) Go to auto parts store. Write a cheque for £50.00 for oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner, and a scented tree.
2) Discover that used oil container is full. Instead of taking it back to O’Reilly to recycle, dump in hole in garden
3) Open a beer and drink it.
4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5) Find jack stands under kid’s bikes.
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) Unscrew drain plug.
11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: get hot oil on you in process.
12) Clean up mess.
13) Have another beer while watching oil drain.
14) Look for oil filter wrench.
15) Give up; pierce oil filter with screwdriver and twist off.
16) Beer.
17) Friend shows up; finish case of beer with him. Finish oil change tomorrow.
18) Next day, drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car, pour in hole in garden and cover.
19) Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.
20) Beer. No, drank it all yesterday.
21) Walk to Spar; buy beer.
22) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface.
23) Dump first litre of fresh oil into engine.
24) Remember drain plug from step 11.
25) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
26) Discover drain plug is buried in hole in garden, along with used oil.
27) Drink beer.
28) Uncover hole and sift for drain plug.
29) Discover that first litre of fresh oil is now on the floor.
30) Drink beer.
31) Slip with 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 wrench.
35) Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss December (1992)
36) Beer.
37) Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop blood flow.
38) Beer.
39) Repeat step 38.
40) Dump in five fresh litres of oil.
41) Beer.
42) Lower car from jack stands.
43) Accidentally crush one of the jack stands.
44) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during step 23.
45) Beer.
46) Test drive car.
47) Get pulled over & arrested for DUI.
48) Car gets impounded.
49) Make bail.
50) Get car from impound yard.
Money spent:
DUI £2500.00
Bail £1500.00
Parts £50.00
Impound fee £75.00
Beer £25.00
Total —– £4150.00
But you know the job was done right!
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