When I was doing more climbing, a friend of mine put together a list of questions people asked climbers that he got sick of answering. "How do they get those ropes up there?" "Have you climbed Mount Rainier?" Etc.

Today some guys are installing a new furnace in my house, and I got asked the same old questions as always.

"Is that your S2000?"

Yes. [No, I stole it.]

"I bet it's fast. Is it fast?"

Not as fast as some cars, but faster than many others. [No, it's just sitting there parked.]

"Do you have nitrous?"

No. [Yes, but only for myself, not the car. I like to laugh a lot.]

 

What kind of furnace? Does it have a humidifier?

 

Dude, I live in Seattle. I don't need a humidifier.

It's a Coleman 97% efficiency gas furnace.

 

You have to add: Is that a front wheel drive?

 

here's your sign....
that what I would have said

 

Does the furnace have NOS? A turbo?

OK, I'm done here.

 

You think that's bad, drive a bright red Lotus around town for 5 minutes.

 

or any other Italian car...
I have a buddy that barrowed a friends Ferrari for a week and got more people chasing him and talking to him than when he drives his 250k Porsche.

 

When Krazik used to use an open trailer, people would ask him his 1/4 mile time. He started saying he was running mid 16's due to traction issues and clutch dumps at 7K rpm were causing wheel hop

Priceless facial expressions would follow...

 

Wait... going back to the original post... how do they get those ropes up there?