Like many of you, I have on occasion received unsatisfactory service from auto mechanics, so when my wife took her car into the Fiat dealer because she had to turn off the engine whenever she wanted to shift into "first" gear or "reverse", and expected them to do it for free because they had just done a general overhaul for the annual sticker you have to get here and gave her a clean bill of health, I just laughed to myself and wished her luck.
Turns out when I wish someone luck, it actually works. They fixed it for free, because they'd just gone over her car and gave it a clean bill of health.
Also, Arnold Schwarzenegger appears to be the new governor of California. On the bright side, some Americans seem to be getting over their fixation on candidates' private lives; this could mean that, in the future, qualified candidates will no longer stumble over past fun. On the dim side, etc etc.
Posted at October 8, 2003 06:04 AM