| 1. | Pull up to Jiffy Lube at 3000 miles since the last oil change. |
| 2. | Drink a cup of coffee. |
| 3. | 15 minutes later, write a check for $25 and leave with a properly maintained vehicle. |
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| Men: |
| 1. | Go to Auto Zone and write a $50 check for oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner, and scented tree. |
| 2. | Discover that the used oil container is full. Instead of returning to Auto Zone for recycling, dump into hole in backyard. |
| 3. | Open a beer and drink it. |
| 4. | Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands. |
| 5. | Find jack stands under kid's pedal car. |
| 6. | In frustration, open another beer and drink it. |
| 7. | Place drain pan under engine. |
| 8. | Look for 13mm box end wrench. |
| 9. | Give up and use crescent wrench. |
| 10. | Unscrew drain plug. |
| 11. | Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil; get hot oil on you in the process. |
| 12. | Clean up. |
| 13. | Have another beer while oil is draining. |
| 14. | Look for oil filter wrench. |
| 15. | Give up; poke oil filter with Philips head screwdriver and twist it off. |
| 16. | Beer. |
| 17. | Buddy shows up; finish case with him. Finish oil change tomorrow. |
| 18. | Next day, drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car, dump into hole in backyard. |
| 19. | Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during steps 11, 15 & 18. |
| 20. | Beer-- no, drank it all yesterday. |
| 21. | Walk to 7-11 and buy beer. |
| 22. | Install new oil filter, making sure to first apply thin coat of clean oil to gasket. |
| 23. | Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine. |
| 24. | Remember drain plug from step 11. |
| 25. | Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan. Pan is empty -- hurry to find drain plug in backyard hole. |
| 26. | Hurry to replace drain plug as last drop of fresh oil drains onto floor. |
| 27. | Slip with wrench and bang knuckles on frame. |
| 28. | Bang head on bumper in reaction. |
| 29. | Begin cussing fit. |
| 30. | Throw wrench. |
| 31. | Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss December (1982)�in the left boob. |
| 32. | Clean up; apply Band-Aid to knuckle. |
| 33. | Beer. |
| 34. | Beer. |
| 35. | Dump in additional 4 quarts of oil. |
| 36. | Beer. |
| 37. | Lower car from jack stands. |
| 38. | Accidentally crush one of the jack stands. |
| 39. | Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during step 26. |
| 40. | Drive car 1/2 quart low for 7000 miles when it'll be time for another oil change. |