True story. This happened years ago during the 70's gas crunch in the US. Picture a group of guys working together and one guy, Mr. Pain In The Butt, is going to buy a fuel efficient car. Mr. PITB endlessly brags about how good his gas mileage is going to be to the point that his coworkers are ready to kill him. Mr. PITB finally gets the car.
The coworkers, being the industrious hard working guys they are, come up with a plan. Every day somebody brings a gallon of gas to work in a gas can. During work, one of the guys goes out and puts the gas in Mr. PITBs new car. Mr. PITB is ecstatic about the mileage he is getting. Weeks go by and Mr. PITB hasn't had to put any gas in his new car. Mr. PITB finally has to fill up. His mileage was through the roof!
Then, just as you suspected, no more free gas. What happened to Mr. PITBs new cars' mileage!!! Why has the gas mileage suddenly gone dramatically down?!
I'm not sure how many trips to the dealer were generated to find out "what was wrong". And I'm not sure if Mr. PITB was ever told about the prank.
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Rain
3 hours ago
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These days, with the price of gas, no one would come up with this prank. They'd syphon it out to mess with him instead. :)
Someday I'll have to tell you about the practical joke of the recalled Datsun...it's right up your alley.
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