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Jerry and the Quizzical Water Pump Repair

RAY: Jerry was replacing the water pump, and he was getting the vehicle lower so that he could reach it. In fact, it was an F-350 pickup truck, and it was either that— or hoist him up by the seat of his pants and dangle him over the hood to reach it!

TOM: So he just let the air out of the tires.

RAY: Exactly. It was like a kneeling car. So who's our winner?

TOM: The winner this week is Tracy Watkins from Kailua, Hawaii, and for having her answer selected at random, among all the correct answers that we got, Tracy is going to get a 26-dollar gift certificate to the Shameless Commerce Division at cartalk.com, with which, she can get our new long sleeved women's T-shirt.

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