The Trunk of My Car

This image came with the caption: "Trunk deaths are much less common than they were in previous decades."

Now, I'm not exactly sure what normal people keep in the trunks of their cars, but I get the impression that it's generally things like wiper fluid and spare tires and oil.  Things meant to aid in the care and maintenance of said car.


And every once and a while I am taken by the notion that I am like these normal people and attempt to locate normal car things in the trunk of my car.  On the off chance that they were put there by the motor vehicle fairies in the dead of night.


Like today for example, when I came outside to find my windshield frosted over.  It's a perfectly rational belief for most car owners to assume that they can find a scraper in there somewhere.  


So, even though in the back of my mind I knew I was deluding myself, for a few fleeting moments I believed I might have turned in to one of these organized, well-prepared people.


Needless to say, there was no scraper in my trunk.


Here is a list of things I did find: 

• a kitchen timer
• a trash bag full of unmatched socks
• a wine-glass rack
• a printer
• a roll of wrapping paper
• a travel guide to Denmark
• an oven mitt
• a graduation robe
• one glove
• a velcro leg-brace
• half the speakers to a low-quality surround sound system.

I could explain to you how all of these items came to live in my truck, but I think it's more fun to let you wonder.

When you Google Image Search 'car trunk' a disturbing percentage of the pictures contain dead bodies