Here's my LATEST Homer moment:
I was in a borrowed vehicle just yesterday. I angle parked along
the street, as we do in our little town, and ran into the store.
I came out, backed out of the parking space and into the street.
Put the vehicle in Drive and all that happened was loud grinding noise.
I thought the transmission had gone out. I wiggled the gear shift
and tried again. Same thing. I put it in park, tried 'drive' again,
same thing, only getting worse. I panicked. I used the owners cell
phone and called him and said, the transmission went out of your
vehicle." All the time, people are going around me because I
am in the middle of main street.
Suddenly, I looked on the dash and the BRAKE LIGHT was on.
I released the brake, put the vehicle in 'drive' and drove off with
a RED FACE!!!!!!!