You Won't Believe What Marlin Did! (Nancy)

This is such a classic story that I can't not share it with our friends! Today Mom and Dad went downtown to visit a high school friend, Kay, of Mom's who is in the hospital here. On the way home they decided to stop at Crown Candy and pick up some Easter treats. Since it wasn't a horrendous line they thought they should also enjoy lunch (I would have made the same decision). After eating lunch and coming out of Crown Candy Dad couldn't find his car keys. He was frantically searching for them in and outside Crown Candy. Outside Mother and him saw a "meter man" and he noticed them looking around for keys. The meter man then said you don't know about that black small SUV that is down there do you - Dad said yes that is mine - the meter man then told him, Sir, we have noticed that car has been sitting there for awhile (at least 45 minutes) and it has been RUNNING! Dad quickly sprinted down the block to claim Mother's vehicle. Now if you know where Crown Candy is on St. Louis Avenue ( in St. Louis city) it is quite surprising that the car was still there! They are doing construction across the street (a small shopping mall) and we guess that anyone who might have come along would have thought it belonged to someone at the job site. Dad's defense was that he got out to put money in the meter and was distracted. We have had quite a chuckle tonight! The best is Kyle asked Grandpa if he knew how much gas was a gallon!?!