·July 17, 2002 (14:51)

'Oil Change'

Oil Change Instructions for Women:

1. Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 5000 Kilometers since the last oil change.

2. Drink a cup of coffee.

3. 15 minutes later, write a check 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 and write a check for $50.00 for oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree.

2. Discover that the used oil container is full. Instead of taking it back to OReilly to recycle, dump in hole in backyard.

3. Open a beer and drink it.

4. Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.

5. Find jack stands under kids pedal car.

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; poke oil filter with screwdriver and twist off.

16. Beer.

17. Buddy 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.

19. Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.

20. Beer. No, drank it all yesterday.

21. Walk to liquor outlet. Buy beer.

22. Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface.

23. Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.

24. Remember drain plug from step 11.

25. Hurry to find drain plug in pan.

26. Discover that the used oil is buried in a hole in the backyard, along with drain plug.

27. Drink beer.

28. Uncover hole and sift fro drain plug.

29. Discover that first quart 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) in the left boob.

36. Beer.

37. Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop blood flow.

38. Beer.

39. Beer.

40. Dump in five fresh quarts 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 fro driving under the influence.

48. Car gets impounded.

49. Make bail.

50. Get car from impound yard.

Money spent: Parts: $50.00

DUI: $2500.00

Impound fee: $75.00

Bail: $1500.00

Beer: $25.00

Total: 4150.00

But you know the job was done right.