As you should all know, I am a University student. One of the many joys of this, is that I get to run really dull - I mean exciting tests in the University's labs. This morning, for one of our assignments, we had to run a lab test. It started at 7am. Well, living half an hour away, and having a fairly minor role to play (and being so enthusiastic about it), I said I'd be there at 7.30, still in plenty of time to start testing at 8.10am.
For a change, I was up, and out of bed in plenty of time (dark and early at 6.30). Had some breakfast, washed, and threw on some clothes. All ready for the day, laptard in hand (it's starting to get... very... very... slow), I jumped in to the glamourous Mark IV Escort that is Ernie. Turned the key in the ignition, and got... moom... moom... moom moom moom... moom... moooom. Bugger.
The battery is in desperate need of replacing. Once he's going, Ernie has really regained all of his power. Waiting at a roundabout earlier this week, I got bored (after 3 or 4 minutes of waiting for a break in the traffic). So, seeing the smallest of gaps that even my bike would struggle to zip through, I employed some Jeremy Clarkson mentality (no, not make an inappropriate joke about lorrie drivers killing prostitutes), and put my foot down. Wheel spinning onto the roundabout, I got through the gap, and left the roundabout before you could say 'classic car'.
Anyways, I have digressed. So, flat battery. Very early in the morning, so no-one else is up. No jump starts then. But for Christmas, I bourght Dad one of those 'Jump Starter Packs'. I thought I'd just use that. Where's the obvious place to look? In the garage? Back of Dad's car? On charge in the hall? Next to the old dead pack, still on charge in the conservatory? Of course not. When Dad came downstairs 15 minutes later, I had over looked (and you haven't thought of) the most obvious place - in the kitchen, next to the microwave. If you can tell me why it would be there, put your answer on the back of a postcard, and send it in...
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5 comments:
It's to jump start the microwave of course, didn't you know that?! bloody numpty ;-)
Lots of love and squirrels
Abdulla and the sheep (camels are back in Africa for the winter)
Next time we have to meet you at stupid o clock at Lancing station i'm going to add at least another half hour on!
See you
Sian
It's obvious why it was in the kitchen, Your dad had prepared the main meal but wasn't sure what to do for starters !!!!
Or was he cooking a Battery hen !!
Sorry, Back to work....
How do fella....
We REALLY need to see about getting the engine out of my old girl and getting it into ernie asap. Looks like my call for sticking the car away for the winter may be stepped up sooner than I thought and, the Onion may be racked away for longer until its sorted.
Mike
Jump in car try to start Ernie, kill a prostitute, try to start ernie again, have a bacon sarnie... kill a prostitute... jump start Ernie, drive like a 70's cop....
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