A TRUE STORY

    The police were notified to strictly enforce the ordinance in regard to stopping autos with the right side of the car even with and close to the curbing.
     Ignorant of the new ordinance, I stopped my Ford on the wrong side of the street with the car at an angle with the curb.
     A man came along with a large car and followed in behind me.  A big fat policeman rushed up and made the man turn the auto around and place it in the correct position, then he explained the law to the stranger.  The man was very angry and, pointing to my Ford, said, "There's an auto that's in wrong, too; why don't you make the driver move it?"
     I had stood near enough to hear the conversation and I supposed the officer did not care to humiliate me -- a woman and an old friend.  The policeman looked up at the stranger and said, "That's a Ford, not an auto."
     I suppose if it had been an auto I would have been arrested.

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    Uncle:  "What's the idea of all those broken alarm clocks back there in the shed, Johnnie?"
     Johnnie:  "Oh, father has a Ford and in case anything breaks on the engine he'll have the parts handy."