DAD, YOU DO LOVE ME, DON'T YOU?

This is bound to test a father’s true love for his son. Keep checking the media for a report that dad shot the bastard.

DAD? I LET A FRIEND DRIVE YOUR PORSCHE BOXTER AND IT ERUPTED INTO FLAMES
By Richard Connelly

Houston Press Hair Balls
July 7, 2011

Conversations no 19-year-old kid wants to have:

Kid: Uh, Dad?

Dad: Yes, buddy?

Kid: You know your Porsche?

Dad: The Boxster? Love that thing to death. LOVE IT. That's why I never let anyone else drive it.

Kid: Yeah, well, umm.....

And things can only go downhill from there once you start talking about how you borrowed it, let a friend drive it and somehow it erupted into flames and is a total loss.

One 19-year-old kid had some explaining to do along those exact lines early today, KHOU reports.

The Boxster was being driven (to a party, naturally) by the 20-year-old friend around 1:30 this morning on 288 when fellow drivers waved frantically to let the dudes know the back of the car was on fire.

The two pulled over and got out, just seconds before the car went "whoosh" into a huge flame that consumed it totally. (Same thing happened to us as a teen in a car accident, actually, although the car was definitely not a Boxster.)

The two were unhurt. Cops speculate that they drove over a flat tire on the highway, and dragged it until the friction ignited a blaze in the gas tank.

And then the kid had to make that phone call....