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Monday, March 23, 2009 Filed in: Completely irrelevant, My Life

As I mentioned last week, a family medical issue kept me traveling back and forth to the hospital. I spent several evenings sitting in an uncomfortable chair in a cramped hospital room, which is most assuredly not my idea of a good time.

On one of those visits I decided to get something to eat, and so made my way to the hospital's cafeteria. I got my French Dip sandwich (which wasn't bad, especially considering where I was) and sat down at a table, adjacent to which was another fellow eating the same sandwich.

He glanced at my tray and mentioned the food coincidence, and we struck up a conversation. He was wearing a nylon windbreaker with a logo on it, one which I didn't recognize, so I asked him about it.

Turns out that it was for a multi-level marketing company that hawks one of those "miracle" automotive lubricants. He started telling me about how his product "bonds to metal at the molecular level", and Tam's recent comment on this article popped into my head. I just couldn't resist...

Me: So, it bonds to the metal? It doesn't wear off?

Him: Right!

Me: And it bonds to both the piston and the cylinder wall, right?

Him: You got it!

Me: So, if it bonds to both, what keeps it from acting like SuperGlue and seizing the engine?

Him: [crickets chirping] Uh, no, it...uh....alters the magnetic properties of the metal molecules. It's not like glue.

Me: So it magnetizes my engine? Won't that destroy the engine's electronics? Ho do you magnetize aluminum, anyhow?

Him: [awkward pause] Well, I gotta get back to my wife's room. Nice to meet you!

Me: [Yelling as he runs for the elevator] Hey, do you have a business card? I'd like to talk some more about your products!

-=[ Grant ]=-

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