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- From: jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
- Subject: medium-lenght, twilight zone confession
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.194535.3746@cs.rose-hulman.edu>
- Keywords: Rod Serling
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- Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 19:45:35 GMT
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- My 18 month old son _really_ likes cars. Little cars, big cars, car races on
- TV, you name it; if it involves cars, he likes it.
-
- So, being the caring and thoughtful father type of person, whenever I went over
- to my (ex)house to see the kids, I would let him stand in the driver's seat of
- my car, so I could watch the happiness and enjoyment on his face. This was
- obviously quite enjoyable.
-
- Then he discovered the horn. He took great joy in _banging_ the hell out of it.
- So, the visits to the car were still allowed, but the time spent in it was
- curtailed slightly.
-
- Then, one day about a week ago, while myself and the kids were driving to a
- now-forgotten destination, my horn starts doing intermittant little beeps,
- especially when cornering or on a bumpy road. My 7-year old daughter liked it,
- and thought it funny, but I did not. So I disconnected it, and gave it little
- more thought.
-
- Two days ago, it starts doing it again! And it is STILL disconnected! Well, now
- I'm a little spooked, right? So, I pop the hood, pry the cover off of the relay
- box, and remove the horn relay.
-
- Haven't heard it again since then.
-
- But I still listen for it, and don't turn my music as loud as I would like, on
- the chance that I will miss it happening again.
-
- If it does, I think I will shoot it. Repeatably.
-
- This really happened.
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