15 February 2008

House of Suds

we live diagonally across the street from a do-it-yourself car wash. you know the ones that have the high pressure water guns, foaming brush, spotless rinse... 11 functions in all. winter is pretty rough on cars with the salt and sand all over the roads so it stays pretty busy over there year round. plus, the other car wash in town fell victim of arson last fall when some butt-heads robbed the quarter machines and lit the place on fire. so the House of Suds has been hoppin' and we've been able to watch from the comfort of our kitchen window. we've been amazed at when people choose to wash their cars. we've seen people washing their cars:

• at 10:00pm on a cold winter's night
• at 6:00 am on a cold winter's morning
• while it's snowing - and showing no sign of stopping
• in 12 degree weather (that's 20 degrees below freezing)
• with the motor running
• at 1:00 am on a cold winter's night - and taking a pee while at it

these folks are nut cases, yeah? yeah.

4 comments:

Mumsy said...

Totally yeah.

Seriously? 1 AM and peeing? Crazy.

ash said...

I guess the mixture of suds, water, and hot wax acts like a big flush when it, along with the urine, goes down the drain.

jo said...

if only my across-the-street could be as interesting.

english said...

lady, I need to correct.
I meant the guy that was peeing (passenger side) in the washing bay never did wash his car. but they did pull forward afterward to throw something into the dumpster.