Karma is after me...
 

So this weekend while i was working on my car, i had dropped a 10mm socket in the engine bay, towards the bottom of the car.
I told my buddy steve to jack up my car and ill just quick go under it and get the socket. (the car is lowered so i couldnt just go under and grab it)
So he jacks up the car and i go under, i get over half my body under the car and start to reach for the socket and all of the sudden the car slams down on top of me.
Instantly i pause like "What the fuck just happened?!?!" and then im like "Umm. steve.. would you mind getting this car off of me?" He bends down with just a pale face (which is kinda hard to do for a black guy) and lifts the car up and i slide out from under it.
Luckly i was on my back and im skinny or else there would be no more tom.
After i got out, steve said "After the car dropped i looked down at your feet and they werent moving and said to myself OH SHIT I JUST KILLED TOM."
So i really think karma is after me, or else my car is.
Moral of the story: Jack stands are your friends, use them.
/EndOfStory

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Uh, yeah. There was a thread on Toonerz a year or two ago about a kid who got f'ed bad when a car fell on him. I never trust jacks.

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hoooly shit! I would never work under a car again if that happened!

How did the car just come crashing down? He released the jack like a retard?

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God your car HATES you. It seems like every time I look on the forums theres ANOTHER thread about how your car has fucked up or otherwise tried to kill you. Tom. The GST is CURSED.

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That's not karma, that's Darwin.

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Get rid of that dsm now!! Good to hear you arent hurt though, that could have been bad. I always use way too many jacks then needed and shake the car once its up just in case.

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I'm sorry, after reading that I just started fucking laughing. LOL, I can picture the guy standing there, with a goast white look on his face, and pondering if he should run first or steal some of your shit first. ;) :D

Sorry, I'm tearing up bad on this one.

Glad you are ok and luck enough to post about it, even if some slapass like myself is getting goofy looks at work cause I'm trying to contain my laugh.

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Didn't that happen to a guy on here a while back? The guy with the turbo van?

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Dane? Is he even on the forums anymore?

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Yeah, that happened to Dane.

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The jack wasnt completly on the piece of metal that come down where the jack is supposed to go. and slipped onto the sideskirt and fell from there. LOL
AJ- Funny thing is that after we started joking about it, he was like "I was gonna grab your turbo and run"

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Wow that would suck.
Glad your not dead.

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Glad you are alive Tom....lets meet in Vegas to celebrate your life!

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LMFAO!!! Ahhh, man I'm glad we have you here, and gald you're ok Bud, I'll buy ya a Hennipen and Lake special when you are in town next.

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A 40oz?

Thanks everyone, glad i made it out in one piece, if i didnt, it would have been how i wanted to go. Me and my car have a Ike and Tina Turner relationship, my car is Ike and I am Tina, you do the math. LOL

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A fotay and a trick, son!

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I recently discovered that the jack stands that I use, were from walmart. I have not gone under my car since.

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My jackstands are the most expensive set that Craftsman has available.