Paul McCartney ate Ringo’s head unit

Posted on 05.02.05 1:54PM in cars, music

Last night, as the family had dinner at Outback Steakhouse, the topic of conversation meandered down the path of upcoming concert events. Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson are coming to town; so are the Allman Brothers and the remaining one-four-hundredth of Lynyrd Skynyrd; and, of course, who could forget Sir Paul McCartney?

My father asked me whether in my music interests I’ve come across Sir Paul’s first album, dubbed “The Cherry Album,” but more formally “McCartney.” I knew of the album and its cover art, but I had yet to listen to it fully. After obtaining it when I got home, I went to bed.

This morning, I burned a copy of the CD before I ran out of the door at 6:10 to initiate the carpool. I walked out to Ringo feeling refreshed and ready to start my journey to school (which, by the way, I only have to do once more this week, thanks to AP exams). I got in my car, put Sir Paul in, and was on my way.

However, the CD player spit out Paul like he was a giant bowl of that greenish marshmallow stuff my mother makes on major holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas. After picking up Angus and fiddling with my testy stereo for a few minutes, we noticed that there was a plume of smoke spewing from the head unit. I assumed that this was not a good sign, so I took off the faceplate and hoped that the short would not spark and cause a fire.

Now I know where my first few paychecks are going.

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  1. Posted by Wendy Peterson on 10.15.05 at 17:10:12

    You’ll miss my greenish marshmellow stuff one day…

  2. Posted by Kyle on 10.15.05 at 17:10:37

    man, the lynyrd skynyrd of today, has nothing on the original, the only similarities are the songs, and the current singers last name to the one true singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd Ronnie Vanzant.

  3. Posted by Elise on 10.15.05 at 17:11:01

    are you going to the lynyrd skynyrd and allman brothers band concert?? i am! im so excited!! maybe ill see ya there!