From: dpaterson@kscable.com (Doug Paterson)
Keywords: chuckle, sexist, forwarded
Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 19:30:00 PST

This one's making the rounds, an Equal Opportunity comeback on the ATM
instructions from a while back.

OIL CHANGING INSTRUCTIONS

MEN:

 1. Go to O'Reilly auto parts and write a check for 50 dollars for
    oil, filter, oil lift (AKA kitty litter), hand cleaner and scented
    tree.
 2. Discover that the used oil container is full. Instead of taking
    back to O'Reilly to recycle, dump in hole in back yard.
 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 9/16 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 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 Phillips screwdriver and twist it
     off.
16. Beer.
17. Buddy shows up; finish case with him. Decide to finish oil change
     tomorrow.
18. Next day, drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car.
19. Throw oil lift (AKA kitty litter) on oil spilled during step 18.
20. Beer. No, drank it all yesterday.
21. Walk to 7-11; buy beer.
22. Install new oil filter making sure to apply thin coat of clean oil
     to gasket first.
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.
26. Hurry to replace drain plug before the whole quart of fresh oil
     drains onto floor.
27. Slip with wrench and bang knuckles on frame.
28. Bang head on floor board in reaction.
29. Begin cussing fit.
30. Throw wrench.
31. Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss December
     1992.
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 oil lift (AKA kitty litter) to fresh
     oil spilled during step 23.
40. Drive car

WOMEN:

 1. Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 since the last
    oil change.
 2. Drink a cup of coffee.
 3. 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly
    maintained vehicle.