[Healeys] True Friday Funny:Nuts

[Tom Felts]

You ever had roasted mouse?




> [Original Message]
> From: Bob Johnson <robert.w.johnson at charter.net>
> To: Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Date: 9/28/2007 3:45:27 PM
> Subject: [Healeys] True Friday Funny:Nuts
>
> Yesterday my wife and I were out and about in her 1995 Camry (the car
that I
> wish she would trade.)  Had lunch and then decided to go up the road a
bit to
> a different shopping center.  As we went up the interstate, we noticed a
> burning smell.  We were behind a large truck and the smell was like that
of
> wood smoke.  Looked at car gauges but didn't see anything out of order
and car
> was handling fine so decided it must be the truck or wondered that even
with
> our serious drought situation here in NC that maybe some nut had an
outside
> wood fire disregarding the  drought or even worse, a forest fire.
>
> Got off highway, smell seemed to abate.  Quit worrying, stopped and
shopped.
>
> On way home, about 10 miles, we again were in crawling traffic and again
> noticed our wood burning smell.  Dash looked fine, car was handling fine,
but
> we decided to pull off to investigate further.  As we pulled off we
noticed
> smoke coming out from the area of the right front wheel area and  from the
> hood area over that.  Opened the hood....I stepped back wondering if she
was
> going to get a new car out of this.
>
> The hood opened and sure enough, we had lots of smoke and there in an area
> between the exhaust manifold and the engine block  there were smoking, red
> glowing, spherical objects with a mighty smell.  On further investigation,
> these objects were found to be acorns!  Apparently a squirrel or rat or
> something was storing their winter supply there.  I've never smelled
chestnuts
> roasting on a open fire, but let me assure you acorns stink!
>
> Unfortunately, we seem to be getting the stink out. Damn, she still won't
> trade.
>
>
> Bob Johnson
> BJ8
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