Fill-up turns into an ordeal

The Saginaw News ^ | March 28, 2009 | Justin Engel

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A Saginaw man stuck his finger where he shouldn't have. Lucky for him, help wasn't far away. Victor Harris, 25, was pouring a fuel additive into his Lincoln Navigator at 7-Eleven, 614 S. Washington, about 5 a.m. Thursday when a paper lid from the additive fell into the gasoline tank.

Harris tried to fish the paper out but his index finger became stuck in the tank.

''My hand started getting numb about 7 or 8,'' he said. ''I started getting nervous.''

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Reminds me of Rex Kramer's line in Airplane!: "Get that finger out of your ear, you don't know where it's been."

[BobL]

Gas tanks do have screens for things like that. Just don’t drop too many in or it will clog.

[gunnyg]

‘’My hand started getting numb about 7 or 8,’’ he said. ‘’I started getting nervous.’’
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OK, uh right—yer hand was getting numb about 7 0r 8....

Typical U.S. gubmint school edgerkayshin....I get the pictter!

[Cicero]

He doesn't plan to stick his finger in any more gas tanks. ''I learned my lesson,'' Harris said. ''Forget that.''

Well, that's progress. I wonder if the insurance company will pay to fix his car?