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i've heard about this kind of stuff happening.. like if you wear rubber soled shoes, or if you have static electicity in your hair, and you can't be on your cell phone.. you must certainly can not smoke.. but for all the urban legends, if these were common occurances then we'd hear about it more.. anyway.. i'm full of static, but still.. i make the two men in my life pump gas for me.. HA HA HA
posted by
daisysface
on July 31, 2005 at 5:21 PM
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Yikes Allmighty!! I did this once when I was frantically trying to leave town to drive to my friend's out of town wedding. Not only did I leave the gas cap off, I flicked a lit cigarette out the window before I realized that I could smell gas! I still get chills thinking about it!
posted by
Georgia
on July 29, 2005 at 10:38 AM
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Ahhhh!
I'm a freak at gas stations. I went on Tuesday and there was something making some sort of funky noise as the gas went into the car and I didn't know what to do. So, I just sort of backed away! LOL I think people thought I was nuts, but if the car was gonna go BOOM! I wasn't going with it!
posted by
RachelAnna
on July 29, 2005 at 8:59 AM
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I do miss the days when we used to get service at service stations!
posted by
Ca88andra
on July 29, 2005 at 1:40 AM
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it is a justifyable concern
thank goodness we rarely hear of it....tickle me Mia 
posted by
mysteria
on July 28, 2005 at 5:05 PM
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Hilarious MiaElla!
And I thought that tunnka tunnka noise was only in my head! So good to know you hear the music too.
Hehehehe....
posted by
myrrhage_
on July 28, 2005 at 3:37 PM
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Mia
Yes, this seems like a mundane subject, yet is a large part of all our lives in the petroleum-driven society. Fear of gas stations should not be made light of. How many have exploded in great, globular fireballs, on TV? Sometimes even vampires are involved. Going to the gas station can be terrifying, if only because you fill the tank at the "cash only" station, then discover you have no cash--or you cannot find your credit or debit card, or whatever you carry them in--or your cap opener won't work, or it requires a key you forgot to bring. You should move to Oregon, one of only two states where an attendant comes out and pumps the gas; but even that doesn't guarantee you won't catch fire or be attacked by a vampire. Hemlocker
posted by
Hemlocker
on July 28, 2005 at 3:09 PM
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Word
I lived in South Dakota, so I learned how to drive at 13yrs old and was driving my brothers and sisters to school at 14 yrs old. Weird laws there...lol.
posted by
MiaElla
on July 28, 2005 at 11:40 AM
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I don't know why that should be so funny...
the image of the cover blowing about. I hope none of the gas sloshed out....Some days, it's just better to stay in bed.
...And you were driving at 14?
posted by
word.smith
on July 28, 2005 at 11:36 AM
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lovely
When I lived in Boston, I refused to drive. I was so happy. I took public transportation everywhere. It was so nice and relaxing having someone else find where you are going, and find parking, so you could just sit back, listen to music, read a book, or relax.
I don't understand how anyone in the world can "enjoy" driving.
posted by
MiaElla
on July 28, 2005 at 10:57 AM
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lol...Poor Mia!!...This makes me sort of glad I've never been able to drive!! It's not a silly fear at all, though.
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on July 28, 2005 at 10:52 AM
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blackcat
I worry about everything from cell phones to wearing nylon stockings to not getting gas if my hair has to much static!!!
posted by
MiaElla
on July 28, 2005 at 10:24 AM
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LOL... I worry about cell phones causing the pumps to explode... did
you ever read that? I've had too much fire for one day! (see my blog) LOL
posted by
-blackcat
on July 28, 2005 at 10:06 AM
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Strat
Omigosh...the owner did that! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLL!
posted by
MiaElla
on July 28, 2005 at 9:56 AM
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That's hilarious!
Actaully, you didn't do as badly as a friend of mine -- he drove off in a giant Ford F 350 truck with the nozzle still in the tank. Ripped the hose right out of the pump. Made a hell of a mess.
The funniest thing -- he owns the station!
posted by
strat
on July 28, 2005 at 9:46 AM
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Uni
That almost happened to me! That's another worst fear of mine!
posted by
MiaElla
on July 28, 2005 at 9:21 AM
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Mia
Hey, my last girlfriend did the ultimate gas station blooper: she drove off with the nozzle still in her car. Heehehe, yeah she had to pay for that one =P
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on July 28, 2005 at 9:10 AM
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Mia--I'm thinking that a battery operated car might be the way for you to
go. ROFLMAO!
posted by
Renigade
on July 28, 2005 at 7:46 AM
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