Unfiltered Story #287249

This happened quite a few years ago when I was a teenager replacing an alternator belt on my 1974 Oldsmobile. I realized that I needed 3 hands to replace it as the alternator needed to be tensioned with a pry bar, the bolt had to be held with a wrench and the nut needed to be turned with the socket. I asked my Mother to come out and help.

Mother: “What do I do?”

Me: “Just pull on the pry bar.”

Mother: “How hard do I need to pull?”

Me: “As hard as you can.”

Mother: “Won’t it break?”

Me: <laughing> “Don’t worry, there’s no way you could pull it hard enough to break that bolt.”

The head of the bolt snaps off and flies away from the car. Needless to say I am shocked. My Mother apologized but I started laughing and said;

Me: “That was amazing, I had no idea you were SuperMom!”