I saw American ingenuity at its finest tonight............

[OnyxCollie]

6. Getting stuck on a curb sucks.

That happened to me once.

Without having the benefit of being a AAA member, I had to resort to my own ingenuity using that which I had in the car, i.e. a spare tire and a beat-up pair of high tops that I wear when I cut the grass.

Needless to say, I remained on the curb.

While I stood there and pondered my situation (feeling my level of embarrassment rise), a nerdy-looking kid wearing glasses came up to me and asked if he could help, struggling with a heavy stutter as he did so.

I got in the car and put it in reverse while he pushed on the front fender. In moments the tire caught the pavement and I was freed from my perch.

The effort of my savior left a large dent in the front fender of my car, but I didn't care. (The benefit of driving a piece-of-shit car.) I thanked him profusely.

We both received a gift that day; I got my car off the curb and he got to be Superman.