Tom E
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Miraculous transformation, Peugeot
How they managed to survive is a mystery.
In the bad old days, there was a 'theory of distributed misery' which held that you could ward off various types of woe in your life by owning a Peugeot. The theory held that the Peugeot would produce such a heaping share of trouble, that other miseries would simply pass you by. Not sure how, exactly that worked, but...
My wife and I were in Manhattan about ten years ago when I spied forlorn looking 405 wagon parked on the street in midtown. Amazing! I briefly considered that somebody had it towed there as a some type of performance art. It was stuffed with what looked to be macrame or curtain remnants.
I explained the theory of distributed misery to my wife at lunch a few minutes later. She mainly pretended to be amused.
However, as we exited the restaurant, all hell was breaking loose on the street. The Peugeot's engine and front tires were heartily ablaze. The sad-sack (apparent) owner was attempting to extract the macrame from a smoking rear compartment. Some poor soul was attempting to beat out the conflagration with a towel. And a huge fire engine had just arrived to drown the whole sorry mess once and for all.
Lesson here: Don't mess with fate.
