Me: Hello
Ford Service: Sir, we found the cause of your Check Engine light turning on.
Me: OK.
FS: Dogfood.
Me: What?
FS: Dogfood.
Me: {Silence}
FS: Sir? Do you have a dog?
Me: Yes.
FS: We found dogfood all inside your air duct. About 5 pounds.
Me: What?
FS: About 5 pounds. And they're still finding more and taking it out.
Me: What?
FS: We had to remove the battery to get to all of it. We are going to exceed our original estimate, do you want us to continue?
Me: Cleaning out the dogfood?
FS: Yes. We think a small rodent has been getting in your dogfood and carrying it to the car where it is warm.
Me: 5 pounds?
FS: Yes. That's the only thing we can think of. Do you give us permission to exceed our original estimate?
Me: Yes.
FS: Great, we should be done in about an hour. Good bye.
Me: Bye.
Me: Honey, you aren't going to believe this...
Ha ha ha, those pesky rodents! They are really industrious. My son had a pet rat (gray and white spotted, named of course, Spot) that he would let out of it's cage. One day he forgot her and went off to school leaving the cage door open. During the day, the rat shifted an entire 2 pound package of lab chow from the paper bag, to her cage. Astounding. I came in to see this huge mound of lab chow in the cage, the door open, and the ratty asleep in her little box.
ReplyDeleteWow. That's great! Don't feel so bad now.
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