Did You Know That...?

Every now and then I learn something and I think to myself, "How in the world could I have gone 29 years on this planet and not have learned that yet?"

Well I had one of those the other day.

Kerri and I used to have two cars. One car had the gas tank on the left hand side; one car had it on the right hand side. For some reason, I could never remember which was which so I was perpertually turning to her and saying, "Is the gas tank on your side?" every time we pulled into a gas station.

The other day, we were driving in Costa Rica with our friend Kimberly and we needed gas so we pulled into a gas station. I turned to Kerri, "Is the gas tank on your side?"

Before Kerri could answer, Kimberly pipes in, "Just look at the fuel gauge on your dashboard."

"What?"

"Just look at the fuel gauge. There is a little arrow pointing to the side the gas tank is on."

Wow. I've probably asked that question 200 times in my life. And all I had to do was look for a little arrow on the fuel gauge? If you figure the entire conversation takes 20 seconds, that's 4,000 seconds. 66 minutes. An hour!
Don't you think someone at the car dealership could have told me that?

I want my hour back.

And on top of that, I'm convinced that, say, 50% of you out there that are reading this are leaning it for the first time also. So I am hereby making this post my personal crusade to re-educate the planet on this crucial issue.

Spread the word.