AUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!

[browncoat2x2]

@($*^@#(*$&#(@*$&@(#*&$(* CONSTRUCTION!

!@!@$&@(#*$&(@*$&(*#$&(#*$ GIANT ASS FOUR PRONG STAPLE IN MY GORRAM TIRE @W($*#&(#UO@I#*(&!#^*^#*^@*

FUCK!

ETA:

Here's a picture of the #@$&ing Staple. It's got #@$&ing Serrated edges!!!



Hell of a way to start a friday.

ETA#2:

Have now put the spare tire on with the handy dandy little jack and tire wrench and made an appointment for 9am to get it fixed. The ultimate irony is that the dealership here is right at the intersection where I got the staple in the tire initially!!!

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[agent-rouka.livejournal.com]

So, when and how did this evil four-prongued Orc claw attack your car tire?

And I wholly approve of you're use of 'eh?' ;o) That makes you practically Canadian *G*

I am an honorary Canadian? :D Sweet! Now I can make a maple-leaf dress, after all! But I can't wear it to class or the rustling would make people hate me. And I'd have to stay away from goats and other plant-eaters.

[browncoat2x2]

Ooooooh! Pretty icon!! More paintings???? I can't quite make out what is going on in this one.. I see what appears to be an old man.... Icons are too small a media for appropriate art appreciation!

So, when and how did this evil four-prongued Orc claw attack your car tire?

At about 6:45 am this morning, not 5 minutes from work. There is construction allllll the way up the street leading to where I turn off into the more residential side streets to get in the back entrance. Usually saves me between 15 and 30 minutes to come in that way. Anyway, drove allll up that road, and made my turn, and as soon as I made the turn, I could hear and feel it. Ka-thunk, ka-thunk, ka-thunk, with every tire rotation. And I knew what that meant. I have had construction site related flat tires THREE TIMES before. In fact, I believe that construction site related flat tires are the ONLY flat tires I've ever had. Anyway. When we pulled into the parking lot and got out of the car, we could actually hear the air hisssing out of the tire, and there was that giant staple jammed into the tire. I pulled it out, hoping that might allow the tire to seal abit and slow the leak, but no such luck. It was completely flat within minutes.

I am an honorary Canadian? :D Sweet! Now I can make a maple-leaf dress, after all! But I can't wear it to class or the rustling would make people hate me. And I'd have to stay away from goats and other plant-eaters.

Would you make it with fresh leaves? Or dried leaves? You couldn't really sit down with dry leaves, or you'd soon be, well, revealing a lot more *you* ;o) But fresh leaves would soon become dry leaves, and you'd have to keep remaking the dress over and over and over - UNLESS! Unless you were to use fake leaves! Then you could make it out of fall colours to suit any occassion if you so desired! AND you could make matching undergarments, a la Adam and Eve :oDDDD But beware the tent caterpillars! And other insects that might gravitate toward you, although, it used to be fashionable to wear bugs as jewelry, even live ones, that were chained to a pin... you could be reviving the entire fashion industry!

[agent-rouka.livejournal.com]

Whoa. FIVE minutes fromwork, grargh!

Are the construction people going to pay of the repair?

But beware the tent caterpillars! And other insects that might gravitate toward you,

Bwah, I can just imagine. "GET AWAY FROM ME! It TICKLES!" *G*

although, it used to be fashionable to wear bugs as jewelry, even live ones, that were chained to a pin... you could be reviving the entire fashion industry!

... people wore... bugs? When?? Where?? Why???

[browncoat2x2]

Are the construction people going to pay of the repair?

If I'd had to replace the tire I may have considered going after them for the money, but honestly, $35 is not worth the headache and time it would take to get it.

Bwah, I can just imagine. "GET AWAY FROM ME! It TICKLES!" *G*

heheheh try *they* tickle, the hundreds of them that will promptly eat away your leaves *GRIN*

... people wore... bugs? When?? Where?? Why???

Oh, when was it... 19th century... there are records of it early on in India and Brazil, but by the late 1800's it was popular in Europe - not the live bugs so much as jewelry made from bugs - broaches, pins, earrings, buttons, etc. I can't quite remember who wore the live ones, and it might have been a more isolated than widespread kind of thing. But beetles were especially prized for their bright metallic colours.

This article talks about all sorts of animals worn as decoration, including insects. :o) Fascinating :o)