Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Sept 11, 2012 8:51:14 GMT -5
A gentleman was driving down McClay Street in Harrisburg when he had a blowout right in front of the State Mental Hospital. He maneuvered his car to the side of the road being careful that he did not run into the deep roadside ditch at that location.
He opened the trunk (boot for our Brit friends), got out his jack and spare tire and proceeded to loosen the lug nuts on the crippled wheel. He carefully placed each of the four lug nuts in the hubcap so he wouldn't lose them, and mounted the spare tire. While moving the bad tire out of his way, he accidentally knocked the hub cap, with all four lug nuts, into the deep ditch at the side of the road.
As he was scratching his head trying to figure out what to do, he heard a voice calling from an upper window in the Mental Hospital, "Hey -- Up here!"
He turned and looked up and saw an inmate half hanging out the window. He hollered, "Be careful that you don't fall. What do you want?"
The inmate replied, "Just want to help. Take one lug nut off of each of your three wheels and use the three lug nuts on the fourth wheel. Each wheel will work OK with three lug nuts until you can get to a garage and have the lost lug nuts replaced."
Our motorist is astounded at this simple solution and hollers up, "That is absolutely great. With the ability to think like that, what are you doing in a place like that?"
The inmate replied, "I'm here because I'm crazy - not stupid"
He opened the trunk (boot for our Brit friends), got out his jack and spare tire and proceeded to loosen the lug nuts on the crippled wheel. He carefully placed each of the four lug nuts in the hubcap so he wouldn't lose them, and mounted the spare tire. While moving the bad tire out of his way, he accidentally knocked the hub cap, with all four lug nuts, into the deep ditch at the side of the road.
As he was scratching his head trying to figure out what to do, he heard a voice calling from an upper window in the Mental Hospital, "Hey -- Up here!"
He turned and looked up and saw an inmate half hanging out the window. He hollered, "Be careful that you don't fall. What do you want?"
The inmate replied, "Just want to help. Take one lug nut off of each of your three wheels and use the three lug nuts on the fourth wheel. Each wheel will work OK with three lug nuts until you can get to a garage and have the lost lug nuts replaced."
Our motorist is astounded at this simple solution and hollers up, "That is absolutely great. With the ability to think like that, what are you doing in a place like that?"
The inmate replied, "I'm here because I'm crazy - not stupid"
