A few years ago, we parked the car on the street with a "for sale" sign. I was awakened at 2am by a young man who said that he had just hit our car. The kid seemed genuinely sorry about it. I invited him in while we waited for the police.
He claimed he had swerved to avoid a cat in the street, but proceeded to throw up in our kitchen sink. He knew one of the responding officers, so instead of doing a DUI investigation, the report showed a stick figure of a cat crossing the street.
Later that morning, got a we call from someone who had seen the car the day before and wanted to buy it. "No you don't," I told him. A couple of weeks later, the kid's insurance company totalled it for 2x our asking price.
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Then another time, while I was visiting my brother at his office in a nearby town, a young woman tried to park her car in the same spot where mine was parked. At least she had the honesty to own up to it. The receptionist knocked on the door where my brother and I were talking, and asked if I owned a red Pontiac...
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