Excess Weight? Blame Your Car
Like most brides-to-be, Gail was looking to shed a few pounds before the wedding. To date, she has lost 15 pounds. While this took improvements in many areas such as her diet and exercise, do you want to know where she places credit most recently? The answer: her vehicle. As with most quality GM machinery, her vehicle has its share of problems (okay, in return, so does Jonathan’s Lexus).
However, the problem that has blessed her the most is the fact that she cannot depend on her driver’s side window to roll down. She pushes the button and sometimes it goes, and sometimes it does not. While for most this would be seen as a huge inconvenience, leave it to Gail to find the positives. It has stopped her from visiting numerous fast-food restaurants with a drive through window. So, that desire for a Cherry-Limeade from Sonic on the drive home is now out of the question. The same is true for any other quick stop for something less than healthy.
Night after night, Gail is forced to keep on driving until she can get home and enjoy a nice, scrumptious, appetizing, healthy salad. Which, of course, she is forced to make for herself, as Jonathan doesn’t need any because he stopped at Oregano’s for a late lunch with friends enjoying pizza and a huge loaf of garlic cheese bread. His weight? On that, he follows the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
But Gail isn’t worried, she was smart enough to require checking of the box for the extra protection on the honeymoon reservations, so she has the opportunity to replace him with somebody else if necessary on the trip. Just in case the weight gets the best of him and she needs a replacement. Mai Tai anyone?
UPDATE 12/17/2006: Gail stated today that her previous vehicle also had a faulty driver’s side window. The interesting fact: it too was a GM.