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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 12:37 AM
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Default Why when you wash your car, it always seems to rain soon after?

i juz made a group in fb to talk abt this.
it happens to me like almost everytime i wash my car...
How do you feel when it happens to u ??


http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Why-when-you-wash-your-car-it-always-seems-to-rain-soon-after/285291114099?ref=mf

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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 12:42 AM
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I feel like mother nature is suppling the much needed water that plants and all other organisms need to survive. So if feel blessed when i rains.
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 12:44 AM
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I always check the weather before I wash my car. There has to be 3 consecutive days of no rain in the forecast before I'll wash it.
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 01:35 AM
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this happens to me too
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 01:45 AM
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Yup! Me too. Except when I washed mine today, I got in an accident. Some guy didn't see me coming and he slammed on his brakes and grazed my front bumper. He had a 1-ft diameter dent in his bumper and mine was just scuffed. Watched it in slow motion lol.
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 01:47 AM
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Always happens... and I live in So Cal lol XD
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 01:51 AM
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LOL.... the official reason this happens is "Murphy's Law"
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 02:21 AM
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i dont wash my car.
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 05:00 AM
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I live in Washington. I haven't washed my car in 3 months.
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 02:08 PM
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Check tha weather, then wash ya car.
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Mouse
LOL.... the official reason this happens is "Murphy's Law"
thats right i control the weather
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 03:48 PM
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you can't control mother nature
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 05:27 PM
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sarcasm man.
sarcasm.
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everytime i wash my ride, the next minute...a bird poops on it. No lie.
Old Feb 4, 2010 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Domo
everytime i wash my ride, the next minute...a bird poops on it. No lie.
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 10:29 PM
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I live in chicago where we have alleys, there are power lines right above my garage. Birds always flock to my power line. Since my car is black and shinny, it always gets pooped on when I place the water hose away. Im buying a paint gun to solve the problem.
Old Feb 6, 2010 | 12:18 AM
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well i drove in slush and freezing rain today. when I got home in the garage i washed it. they are calling for more tomorrow but it is clean for the moment. had to get that salt off. i feel your pain too
Old Feb 8, 2010 | 06:13 AM
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5 days. that's the standard for me. i have a max of 5 days of clean car before mother nature decides water spots look good on a car
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