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sgsguruOne of Grandad's stories:
Once a guy was driving through a deserted section of town late at night and had a flat tire. As he got out to change the tire, he noticed that he was right next to the state insane asylum -- and that one of the inmates was watching him from a heavily-barred window. This made him nervous. He jacked up the car and got the wheel off with no problem, but as he was wrestling with the spare tire, he kicked over the hubcap with the lug nuts in it -- and they promptly rolled down a storm drain. He was near panic. He didn't have spare lug nuts, he had no idea where the nearest open gas station was, and there was a crazy guy watching him. He tried to get into the storm drain, but that didn't work either. After a few minutes the guy in the window yelled to him.
"HEY!" He looked up.
"TAKE ONE NUT FROM EACH OF THE OTHER WHEELS. THREE LUG NUTS WILL LET YOU DRIVE TO A GAS STATION."
This was obviously good advice; he did so. As he put the flat tire and the jack back into the trunk, he had a thought.
"THANKS!" he yelled back to the guy at the window. "THAT WAS REALLY SMART. IF YOU'RE SO SMART, WHY ARE YOU IN THERE?"
The guy yelled back. "I MAY BE CRAZY, BUT I'M NOT STUPID."
Once a guy was driving through a deserted section of town late at night and had a flat tire. As he got out to change the tire, he noticed that he was right next to the state insane asylum -- and that one of the inmates was watching him from a heavily-barred window. This made him nervous. He jacked up the car and got the wheel off with no problem, but as he was wrestling with the spare tire, he kicked over the hubcap with the lug nuts in it -- and they promptly rolled down a storm drain. He was near panic. He didn't have spare lug nuts, he had no idea where the nearest open gas station was, and there was a crazy guy watching him. He tried to get into the storm drain, but that didn't work either. After a few minutes the guy in the window yelled to him.
"HEY!" He looked up.
"TAKE ONE NUT FROM EACH OF THE OTHER WHEELS. THREE LUG NUTS WILL LET YOU DRIVE TO A GAS STATION."
This was obviously good advice; he did so. As he put the flat tire and the jack back into the trunk, he had a thought.
"THANKS!" he yelled back to the guy at the window. "THAT WAS REALLY SMART. IF YOU'RE SO SMART, WHY ARE YOU IN THERE?"
The guy yelled back. "I MAY BE CRAZY, BUT I'M NOT STUPID."
