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THE STORY OF THE ACCIDENT
Imagine you go to the dentist. You park your car and go inside. Everything is fine until *crash*. You run outside to find your car has been smashed by another car! This is exactly what happened to my sister-in-law last week. I think Raymond described their phone conversation something like this:

R: Hello?
S: I got into a car accident.
R: Are you okay?
S: I'm fine. I wasn't even in the car.
R: What happened?
S: The car got hit in the parking lot.
R: Did you get the other driver's insurance?
S:No, but the police did.
R: The police? Why did you need the police?
S: She hit another car too.
R: How's the car?
S: I'm driving it now.
R: So the car is fine?
S: Well, it's okay now that the firemen cut off the bumper.
R: What?!?
S: Yeah, firetrucks came to help out.
R: What?!?
S: Apparently, she lost control of her car, hopped the curb, ran over a sprinkler and blew out her tire. She spun around the parking lot and hit our car and another car.

Obviously, this story went from bad to worse. They weren't able to drive the car back up since it was later deemed unsuitable for such a long trip. They had to rent a car and get the car fixed down here. Now, they'll have to make a special trip back down here just to pick it up. What a mess!