get real
When I was inching my way through the heavy traffic home yesterday, I saw a car stalled by the side of the Penang Bridge. The car had a puncture on one of its tires and out came a pretty young thing. She looked kind of distressed and started to wave like mad for help. Although it looked weird to me the way she was waving, but it seemed to be effective. It just took only a few seconds before some guy stopped and came to her rescue.
The girl was sure lucky… thanks to her fair skin and well endowed body. Ever wonder what would happen if she looks like some dehydrated corpse from the Valley of the Kings in Egypt? Is she going to wave until the end of time? Or worse, what if she got the puncture in the middle of the night and there’s no one available to help her out? (and there was no network coverage to call someone from her cellphone?)
None of this would have been an issue if she knows how to change the wheel herself. It’s not really that hard. One just need to jack up the freaking car, turn a few nuts and fit in the spare-wheel. It’s much simpler than those cross-stitching shit that most girls are so good at.
Emily told me that most girls are reluctant to learn how to change the wheels because they are heavy (no… not the girls… the wheel). But I don’t think that’s an acceptable excuse for not wanting to change a wheel themselves. And it’s not logical either. You see, girls are known to be able to lift quite a load. Just look at them hauling back those cargo whenever there’s a sale at a shopping mall somewhere… They can weight up to a few kgs, that’s about the weight of a wheel, if not more. For the record, I’ve seen a petite lady who carried a few grocery bags and her 3-4 year old toddler at the same time (in a shopping mall).
I think the problem lies more in their mentality. Some girls are just too afraid to get in contact with grease. To them, grease are for guys, brutes and beefcakes, like us. Chores with black grimes are better left for somebody else rather than themselves. That’s not right. You can’t expect people to be there for you just because you think you’re too clean for a job like that. (well, unless you have a pair of big boobies and a chiseled physique - but even that, you do get old someday, right?)
Just don’t worry about the grease. Getting dirty is a small sacrifice when compared to the risks of waiting around vulnerably to wait for help from an unknown person.
*Grease is actually good for our skin. I might sound like I’m bullshitting but I am not. Try to wipe your greasy wheel rims with a cloth… you will see gleaming surface beneath as if it has just been polished. Well, it actually does the same thing to your skin too. That’s because they block UV rays, dirts, bacteria and even toxic chemicals, out of your skin. It’s like a layer of protection that locks your skin inside. There are some cases of grease that even cures schizophrenia… because its fume contains stimulating agent that makes you feel more alert and shit… Really.