Gilberto is driving on a lonely backwoods road one night when his Lexus suddenly quits on him. Not being mechanically inclined, Gilberto sits in his car nervously, trying to figure out what he's going to do.
As he sits motionless, he catches something emerging from the bushes at the side of the road. Suddenly, someone knocks on his window, and when Gilberto turns, he sees an enormous Great Dane standing on his hind legs.
"Pop the hood," says the dog.
Thunderstruck, Gilberto just stares with mouth gaping at the enormous animal.
"Pop the hood," repeats the Great Dane.
Thinking of no alternative, Gilberto does as he's told.
The dog starts to work on the engine, and then says, "Start the car."
Gilberto tries the ignition, but nothing happens.
The Great Dane ducks back under the hood and tinkers some more. A minute later, the dog asks the man to try starting his car again. This time, the engine turns over.
Seemingly satisfied, the Great Dane firmly closes the hood and trots back into the roadside bushes.
Baffled, Gilberto drives until he finds a gas station sometime later. Seeing an attendant, he says, "Holy geez, you're not going to believe this, but I have to tell someone. My car died and this giant Great Dane came out of nowhere and fixed it."
The attendant goes pale as if he had seen a ghost. "Man," he says, "you have no idea how lucky you are."
"Why?" asks Gilberto.
"That dog isn't a mechanic," explains the attendant carefully. "He only patches tires."
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