Earlier I told a story about B.D. and the White Stove-Blacking. Well, his days of being teased were not over. It was toward the end of the summer when my grandpa decided to play another practical joke on him.
“B.D.,” grandpa said, “isn’t it about time you changed the air in your tires?”.
Apparently B.D. did question this – but my grandpa simply explained that in the winter time the air in the tires freezes up, and the humidity from the summer combined with the freezing air causes ice balls to form inside of the tires, and that can make your ride a bit bumpy!
Sure enough – grandpa looked out the window in a little bit and there was B.D., next to his car, all four tires flat as he worked on changing the air out.
Popping in to say hello and good luck with the Thon. Half way there, woo!
I remember the same trick being pulled on me in the late 60′s when I started working at a service station in Rome (IL). A good friend of the owner would play it on all newbies when they first came to work there. I forget how far I went, but it sure puzzled me that he did not schedule a time to have this done rather than during a fill up. Of course after you learned the truth and got over the embarassment, it was heck for the next newbie. He got it from all sides … customers and former newbies. Thanks for bringing back some memories.