Funny tyre story

[Middy]

I was a passenger in the wife's car last night. We were driving along and I
could hear a noise and feel a slight bump..bump...bump in time with the
wheels. I mentioned it and of course she hadn't noticed anything out of the
ordinary. I said one of the tyres might have a bulge. When we arrived at our
destination I checked and sure enough the right rear had a bulge forming on
the tread. I switched it for the spare.

Now for the funny part of the story. I am putting the bad tyre back into the
boot, here is the conversation that followed:

[Wife]: What are you doing? The tyres no good just throw it away. (in the
tone of voice she reserves for when she thinks I am doing something stupid and
unnecessary)

[Me]: What do you mean?

[W]: We can't use that tyre again can we. What are you putting it back in
there for, just throw it away.

[M]: How do you propose I get the tyre off the rim? I don't have any tools
to get the tyre off the rim.

[W]: (getting very frustrated by now) There's no need to take the tyre off
just throw the whole thing away.

[M]: You want me to throw the rim away as well? Why on earth would I want to
throw the rim away? What would you put the new tyre on?

[W]: (deadly serious) Don't you get the whole thing when you buy new tyres?

[M]: Errr ... no! You just buy the rubber part. You keep the metal part.

[W]: Well how would I know, I've never bought tyres before.

I was trying not to laugh too hard.

cheers,
Middy

[sheik yerbouti]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:42:51 GMT, Middy@nowhere.special.au (Middy)
wrote:

>
>[W]: Well how would I know, I've never bought tyres before.
>
>I was trying not to laugh too hard.
>

you know they're probably telling the same story over on
aus.kitchenware about similar male ignorance!

[Toby Ponsenby]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:42:51 GMT, Middy wrote:

> I was a passenger in the wife's car last night. We were driving along and I
> could hear a noise and feel a slight bump..bump...bump in time with the
> wheels. I mentioned it and of course she hadn't noticed anything out of the
> ordinary. I said one of the tyres might have a bulge. When we arrived at our
> destination I checked and sure enough the right rear had a bulge forming on
> the tread. I switched it for the spare.
>
> Now for the funny part of the story. I am putting the bad tyre back into the
> boot, here is the conversation that followed:
>
> [Wife]: What are you doing? The tyres no good just throw it away. (in the
> tone of voice she reserves for when she thinks I am doing something stupid and
> unnecessary)
>
> [Me]: What do you mean?
>
> [W]: We can't use that tyre again can we. What are you putting it back in
> there for, just throw it away.
>
> [M]: How do you propose I get the tyre off the rim? I don't have any tools
> to get the tyre off the rim.
>
> [W]: (getting very frustrated by now) There's no need to take the tyre off
> just throw the whole thing away.
>
> [M]: You want me to throw the rim away as well? Why on earth would I want to
> throw the rim away? What would you put the new tyre on?
>
> [W]: (deadly serious) Don't you get the whole thing when you buy new tyres?
>
> [M]: Errr ... no! You just buy the rubber part. You keep the metal part.
>
> [W]: Well how would I know, I've never bought tyres before.
>
> I was trying not to laugh too hard.
>
> cheers,
> Middy

If you'd have explained the matter at the point of 'what do you mean'
ing, you'd have spared yourself some misery, and a retaliation at some
time in the future.

This WILL happen.

But what do I know....


--
Toby
quidquid latine dictum
sit, altum viditur

[Diesel Damo]

> This WILL happen.

LOL. I got the same feeling, especially from the way she got annoyed so
quickly.

[Clockmeister]

"Middy" <Middy@nowhere.special.au> wrote in message
news:crvaur$rns$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au...
> I was a passenger in the wife's car last night. We were driving along and
I
> could hear a noise and feel a slight bump..bump...bump in time with the
> wheels. I mentioned it and of course she hadn't noticed anything out of
the
> ordinary. I said one of the tyres might have a bulge. When we arrived at
our
> destination I checked and sure enough the right rear had a bulge forming
on
> the tread. I switched it for the spare.
>
> Now for the funny part of the story. I am putting the bad tyre back into
the
> boot, here is the conversation that followed:
>
> [Wife]: What are you doing? The tyres no good just throw it away. (in
the
> tone of voice she reserves for when she thinks I am doing something stupid
and
> unnecessary)
>
> [Me]: What do you mean?
>
> [W]: We can't use that tyre again can we. What are you putting it back
in
> there for, just throw it away.
>
> [M]: How do you propose I get the tyre off the rim? I don't have any
tools
> to get the tyre off the rim.
>
> [W]: (getting very frustrated by now) There's no need to take the tyre
off
> just throw the whole thing away.
>

If you're the Middy clearly she is the pint in this relationship...

[D Walford]

Middy wrote:
>
> I was a passenger in the wife's car last night. We were driving along and I
> could hear a noise and feel a slight bump..bump...bump in time with the
> wheels. I mentioned it and of course she hadn't noticed anything out of the
> ordinary. I said one of the tyres might have a bulge. When we arrived at our
> destination I checked and sure enough the right rear had a bulge forming on
> the tread. I switched it for the spare.
>
> Now for the funny part of the story. I am putting the bad tyre back into the
> boot, here is the conversation that followed:
>
> [Wife]: What are you doing? The tyres no good just throw it away. (in the
> tone of voice she reserves for when she thinks I am doing something stupid and
> unnecessary)
>
> [Me]: What do you mean?
>
> [W]: We can't use that tyre again can we. What are you putting it back in
> there for, just throw it away.
>
> [M]: How do you propose I get the tyre off the rim? I don't have any tools
> to get the tyre off the rim.
>
> [W]: (getting very frustrated by now) There's no need to take the tyre off
> just throw the whole thing away.
>
So what does she do with the household rubbish, just throw it in the
street?
It sounds like she's not very enviromentally friendly:-)




Daryl

[hippo]

D walford wrote:

>So what does she do with the household rubbish, just throw it in the
>street?
>It sounds like she's not very enviromentally friendly:-)


Have to agree ... and if there was any truth to reincarnation I wouldn't
be coming there as a pet in case I got sick hehehe!

[Greg Stewart]

> [Me]: What do you mean?
>
> [W]: We can't use that tyre again can we. What are you putting it back
> in
> there for, just throw it away.
>
> [M]: How do you propose I get the tyre off the rim? I don't have any
> tools
> to get the tyre off the rim.
>
> [W]: (getting very frustrated by now) There's no need to take the tyre
> off
> just throw the whole thing away.
>
> [M]: You want me to throw the rim away as well? Why on earth would I
> want to
> throw the rim away? What would you put the new tyre on?
>
> [W]: (deadly serious) Don't you get the whole thing when you buy new
> tyres?
>
> [M]: Errr ... no! You just buy the rubber part. You keep the metal
> part.
>
> [W]: Well how would I know, I've never bought tyres before.
>
> I was trying not to laugh too hard.

Immediately you should have thought 'PMS' and treaded very lightly! (no pun
intended) I would imagine laughing would have resulted in dire
consequences!!

Very funny though! :)

[Fred Ferd]

"Middy" <Middy@nowhere.special.au> wrote in message
news:crvaur$rns$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au...
>I was a passenger in the wife's car last night. We were driving along and
>I
> could hear a noise and feel a slight bump..bump...bump in time with the
> wheels. I mentioned it and of course she hadn't noticed anything out of
> the
> ordinary. I said one of the tyres might have a bulge. When we arrived at
> our
> destination I checked and sure enough the right rear had a bulge forming
> on
> the tread. I switched it for the spare.
>
> Now for the funny part of the story. I am putting the bad tyre back into
> the
> boot, here is the conversation that followed:
>
> [Wife]: What are you doing? The tyres no good just throw it away. (in
> the
> tone of voice she reserves for when she thinks I am doing something stupid
> and
> unnecessary)
>
> [Me]: What do you mean?
>
> [W]: We can't use that tyre again can we. What are you putting it back
> in
> there for, just throw it away.
>
> [M]: How do you propose I get the tyre off the rim? I don't have any
> tools
> to get the tyre off the rim.
>
> [W]: (getting very frustrated by now) There's no need to take the tyre
> off
> just throw the whole thing away.
>
> [M]: You want me to throw the rim away as well? Why on earth would I
> want to
> throw the rim away? What would you put the new tyre on?
>
> [W]: (deadly serious) Don't you get the whole thing when you buy new
> tyres?
>
> [M]: Errr ... no! You just buy the rubber part. You keep the metal
> part.
>
> [W]: Well how would I know, I've never bought tyres before.
>
> I was trying not to laugh too hard.
>
> cheers,
> Middy

The very funny part is that Middy has failed to note that a defective tyre
can be returned under warranty ! They dont give a full credit ,as everyone
with almost bald tyres would be out to break their tyres, but they measure
the tread depth and give a refund based on that.... so check your warranty.

[boonarga]

Good one!

My wife once told me we couldn't have a car with cruise control because
there was too many curves in the road where we lived.
"how will the car know when to turn corners?"

[Albm&ctd]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:48:09 +0800, "Clockmeister"
<no-one@nowhere.com> wrote:

>
>If you're the Middy clearly she is the pint in this relationship...
>
Sounds like she is 7/8 short of a full gallon.

Al

I don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone.
http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html

[Gonz]

Well, talking about wimin and cars etc, we were going to hire a car for 5
days to go on holidays, the one we were getting (santafei) was going to have
a 200KM thing on it, you know, you get the first 200 KMs per day free,
after that you paid the extra, the one they gave us (tarago) as the first
one was not available had a 400KM daily allowance, anyway, I told the missus
"geez, lucky we didn't get the Santafei, it would have taken us 2.5 days to
get her (trip was 450 kms), she asked why and I told her it had a 200 KM
limit where the tarago has a 400km limit, she said well thats stupid, why do
they do that she asked, I just cracked up laughing at her

[Ben Thomas]

Albm&ctd wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:48:09 +0800, "Clockmeister"
> <no-one@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>
>>If you're the Middy clearly she is the pint in this relationship...
>>
>
> Sounds like she is 7/8 short of a full gallon.

She's a she.


--
Ben Thomas - Software Engineer - Melbourne, Australia
2001 manual 2.2l Holden Astra SRi - a real pleasure to drive;
Michelin Preceda - $250 each but last a lot longer than $200 tyres;
Alpine Type S speakers and amp, JVC MP3 CD playing head-unit.

Opinions, conclusions, and other information in this message that do not
relate to the official business of my employer shall be understood as neither
given nor endorsed by it.

[Middy]

In article <41e38f8b@news.comindico.com.au>, "Fred Ferd" <fred@ferd.com> wrote:
>
>
>The very funny part is that Middy has failed to note that a defective tyre
>can be returned under warranty ! They dont give a full credit ,as everyone
>with almost bald tyres would be out to break their tyres, but they measure
>the tread depth and give a refund based on that.... so check your warranty.
>

I thought of that but all four tyres are almost down to the tread wear
indicators and need replacing anyway. Hence, any refund on the bad tyre would
be a poofteenth of bugger all, plus I want to try something other than
Hankooks.

Middy

[Ben Thomas]

Middy wrote:
> In article <41e38f8b@news.comindico.com.au>, "Fred Ferd" <fred@ferd.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>The very funny part is that Middy has failed to note that a defective tyre
>>can be returned under warranty ! They dont give a full credit ,as everyone
>>with almost bald tyres would be out to break their tyres, but they measure
>>the tread depth and give a refund based on that.... so check your warranty.
>>
>
>
> I thought of that but all four tyres are almost down to the tread wear
> indicators and need replacing anyway. Hence, any refund on the bad tyre would
> be a poofteenth of bugger all, plus I want to try something other than
> Hankooks.
>
> Middy

Try Michelin.

--
Ben Thomas - Software Engineer - Melbourne, Australia
2001 manual 2.2l Holden Astra SRi - a real pleasure to drive;
Michelin Preceda - $250 each but last a lot longer than $200 tyres;
Alpine Type S speakers and amp, JVC MP3 CD playing head-unit.

Opinions, conclusions, and other information in this message that do not
relate to the official business of my employer shall be understood as neither
given nor endorsed by it.

[Albm&ctd]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:01:10 +1100, D Walford <walford@iprimus.com.au>
wrote:

>Middy wrote:
>>
>> I was a passenger in the wife's car last night. We were driving along and I
>> could hear a noise and feel a slight bump..bump...bump in time with the
>> wheels. I mentioned it and of course she hadn't noticed anything out of the
>> ordinary. I said one of the tyres might have a bulge. When we arrived at our
>> destination I checked and sure enough the right rear had a bulge forming on
>> the tread. I switched it for the spare.
>>
>> Now for the funny part of the story. I am putting the bad tyre back into the
>> boot, here is the conversation that followed:
>>
>> [Wife]: What are you doing? The tyres no good just throw it away. (in the
>> tone of voice she reserves for when she thinks I am doing something stupid and
>> unnecessary)
>>
>> [Me]: What do you mean?
>>
>> [W]: We can't use that tyre again can we. What are you putting it back in
>> there for, just throw it away.
>>
>> [M]: How do you propose I get the tyre off the rim? I don't have any tools
>> to get the tyre off the rim.
>>
>> [W]: (getting very frustrated by now) There's no need to take the tyre off
>> just throw the whole thing away.
>>
>So what does she do with the household rubbish, just throw it in the
>street?
>It sounds like she's not very enviromentally friendly:-)
>
What!! she says, a dirty bin, they never take the bin!! Rings up to
complian.

Al

I don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone.
http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html

[Fred Ferd]

"Gonz" <abuse@abuse.com> wrote in message
news:cs1e2a$1l0f$1@otis.netspace.net.au...
> Well, talking about wimin and cars etc, we were going to hire a car for 5
> days to go on holidays, the one we were getting (santafei) was going to
> have a 200KM thing on it, you know, you get the first 200 KMs per day
> free, after that you paid the extra, the one they gave us (tarago) as the
> first one was not available had a 400KM daily allowance, anyway, I told
> the missus "geez, lucky we didn't get the Santafei, it would have taken us
> 2.5 days to get her (trip was 450 kms), she asked why and I told her it
> had a 200 KM limit where the tarago has a 400km limit, she said well thats
> stupid, why do they do that she asked, I just cracked up laughing at her

No, you told the lie. You said that you had to stop at the first day.

Of course you only have to do the average thing, so you are limitted to
1000km is 5 days.

but thats not what you told her.

[Fred Ferd]

"Middy" <Middy@nowhere.special.au> wrote in message
news:cs1jsj$ael$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au...
> In article <41e38f8b@news.comindico.com.au>, "Fred Ferd" <fred@ferd.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>The very funny part is that Middy has failed to note that a defective tyre
>>can be returned under warranty ! They dont give a full credit ,as everyone
>>with almost bald tyres would be out to break their tyres, but they measure
>>the tread depth and give a refund based on that.... so check your
>>warranty.
>>
>
> I thought of that but all four tyres are almost down to the tread wear
> indicators and need replacing anyway. Hence, any refund on the bad tyre
> would
> be a poofteenth of bugger all, plus I want to try something other than
> Hankooks.


Well its easy to claim that now that I have caught you out :)


I wasnt meaning to make you look stupid, just remind people that if they get
busted tyres like that there might be compensation due. Compensation doesnt
have to come as a discount on the same brand of tyre as a replacement. You
can get it as cash.

We had a dunlop that wore through to the steel bits in on patch .. must
have been a poor mix of rubber at that place, it was a clear hole and not a
flat spot.

So dunlop paid compensation on its replacement.

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