All Hail His Fiery Appendage
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reynardoWhilst driving to work yesterday, I felt a drip of something land on my leg, followed by the most awful burning sensation. It hurt. Lots. I swore. Lots. I screamed. Lots. I pulled over, and looked, and could see a red mark on my leg but no sign at that point of what had caused it - I was afraid to put my hand too close to the underside of the dashboard for fear of burning my fingers.
As I was in the middle of the docks area and I had been planning a visit to a nearby Krispy Kreme to pick up supplies for work, I decided to risk further driving. My original suspicion was that some cooling-system water had boiled out and dripped, so I dredged a sheet of cardboard out of my bag and wrapped it around my leg, then drove on to the KK and parked.
When I took the cardboard off my leg, I saw a splash of brightness that had definitely not been there before - a drip of newly-cooled metal that had melted inside the steering column and onto the cardboard. The cardboard itself wasn't scorched or charred, which helped me deduce that the metal was probably lead of some sort. I headed straight into the ladies' room and started to splash cold water on the spot on my leg, which was now paining quite a bit and the spot had come up a dark red with a white area in the middle. The whole area was about the size of an Australian 5 cent piece, or a US dime. Fast phone calls to work and to my beloved![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lederhosen, and then I re-attached the cardboard and headed to the mechanics, only 5 minutes down the road. I reckoned on the cardboard giving me the protection long enough to get there, and then straight to the doctors to get the burn looked at. 
It seems that the ignition, which has been causing problems from time to time, was actually shorting across the points in the steering column that make it start. (You all know the ones - if you watch those shows where a guy pulls two wires out of the steering column and joins them to start the car). This and the heat yesterday conspired to make three of the solder points melt, and the resultant fluid to run inside the column a small way and onto my leg.
So $280 later, we have a new ignition and keys for our car. My leg hurts still, and will scar, but nothing major. And I discovered, caught in my sock, the piece of solder that had caused the burn. The shape, quite obviously that of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, showed that this had all been a test of his Noodly Goodness, and that by a) not crashing the car and b) recognising his Noodly Appendages' touch in all of this, that I have been found worthy. (Of what, I don't know.) So I've taken the solder, and converted it into a suitable piece of votive jewellry to honour Him.
As I was in the middle of the docks area and I had been planning a visit to a nearby Krispy Kreme to pick up supplies for work, I decided to risk further driving. My original suspicion was that some cooling-system water had boiled out and dripped, so I dredged a sheet of cardboard out of my bag and wrapped it around my leg, then drove on to the KK and parked.
When I took the cardboard off my leg, I saw a splash of brightness that had definitely not been there before - a drip of newly-cooled metal that had melted inside the steering column and onto the cardboard. The cardboard itself wasn't scorched or charred, which helped me deduce that the metal was probably lead of some sort. I headed straight into the ladies' room and started to splash cold water on the spot on my leg, which was now paining quite a bit and the spot had come up a dark red with a white area in the middle. The whole area was about the size of an Australian 5 cent piece, or a US dime. Fast phone calls to work and to my beloved
lederhosen, and then I re-attached the cardboard and headed to the mechanics, only 5 minutes down the road. I reckoned on the cardboard giving me the protection long enough to get there, and then straight to the doctors to get the burn looked at. It seems that the ignition, which has been causing problems from time to time, was actually shorting across the points in the steering column that make it start. (You all know the ones - if you watch those shows where a guy pulls two wires out of the steering column and joins them to start the car). This and the heat yesterday conspired to make three of the solder points melt, and the resultant fluid to run inside the column a small way and onto my leg.
So $280 later, we have a new ignition and keys for our car. My leg hurts still, and will scar, but nothing major. And I discovered, caught in my sock, the piece of solder that had caused the burn. The shape, quite obviously that of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, showed that this had all been a test of his Noodly Goodness, and that by a) not crashing the car and b) recognising his Noodly Appendages' touch in all of this, that I have been found worthy. (Of what, I don't know.) So I've taken the solder, and converted it into a suitable piece of votive jewellry to honour Him.
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Date: 2006-11-23 09:01 am (UTC)The jewellery is, er, cool.
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Date: 2006-11-23 09:32 am (UTC)All hail the burning like
liquid metalfire touch of His noodly appendage!And to be serious...OW.
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Date: 2006-11-23 12:15 pm (UTC)love
Catherine
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Date: 2006-11-23 01:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-23 02:22 pm (UTC)(Ouch!)
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Date: 2006-11-23 02:27 pm (UTC)This dramatic tale is absolutely wonderful. I have skipped over the parts about the wires shorting and have completely convinced myself that the weather made your car melt. haha!
Also, I am so sleepy and tired that when I type, out of my peripheral vision it seems that the votive jewellery is shaking and / or blinking at me. I am skipping over the fact that I haven't slept properly in three days and have completely convinced myself that this is a sign of the spaghetti monster's might and power.
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Date: 2006-11-23 03:48 pm (UTC)RAmen!
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Date: 2006-11-23 06:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-23 08:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-24 04:32 am (UTC)(Also: Ouch!)