Excellent, though aren't diesel nozzles bigger so that one can't put them in a vehicle designed for gasoline?

These shoes were made for walkin'...I enjoyed it, Johnny.

Thanks, Red Ant and Royce.

Red Ant --- I got the idea for this parody from a recent news story in which some bozos who were trying to steal gasoline actually managed to pump diesel fuel into a vehicle that uses gasoline:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050817/ap_­on_fe_st/bungled_fuel_theft_1

(When pasting that link into your browser, Chucky's software might introduce a hyphen " - " dash-character that you'll need to manually remove from your browser's address-bar before the link will take you to the correct website.)

Here's a quote from that news story:

"Associated Press, Tue Aug 16, 2005 --- NAPPANEE, Ind. - The high cost of gasoline may have driven them to do it. Picking the wrong fuel pump cut short their getaway. Two men who tried to steal gasoline from a construction company instead filled the tank of their car with off-road-grade diesel fuel Sunday, police said. An employee of Beer & Slabaugh spotted the men on the company property near Nappanee, about 20 miles southeast of South Bend, as they were siphoning fuel out of the car's tank, Elkhart County deputies said. The two told the employee that a friend had put the wrong fuel into the tank and they were trying to empty it, deputies said. The employee noticed that the fuel was the distinctive red color of off-road diesel. He called deputies, who arrested McKinley Chase, 21, and Dajuan L. Lord, 19, both of Gary, on preliminary charges of felony. They acknowledged the theft by explaining their mistake and saying their car would not run." (all persons named by Associated Press in that news story are innocent, unless proven guilty in a court of law)

Beer and Slabaugh? Shouldn't that be Beer...and...Slobber LOL? Good parody. All 5's

Thanks, Beer Man.

Chucky's software apparently does put a hyphen " - " dash-character into that URL when you copy and paste it into your browser --- the part of the link that should be spelled "ap_on" appears after pasting as "ap_-on". After pasting, delete that " - " and then the link will work.

my favorite of the day....excellent work here...5s plus

This parody is a gas, Man! Tanks for the good read...

Great job, JD, I guzzled this one right up...Out here in the big city (LA, CA ) there's no way to do what your character does, though. It's all "Pay first, sucker"...I did see a couple places in my recent trip up North where that isn't the case still...but only a very few, and never near a Freeway or Highway entrance...15 gallons of points here, pumped 5 at a time...OH, yeah...really liked the "muscle-wagon" "tiny salami" and "gas-hole hooligan" verse...lol

Thanks Johnny D.

Great job here, Johnny...=)

Excellent parody of a song from a time when gas and everything else cost a fraction of what it costs now.

This one was a gas, JD... nice idea for a parody, too.

Hehe...I think it's hilarious! I've seen $3-a-gallon (and higher) prices near where I live, but I didn't have to pay that much when I last filled my tank. (I think it was $2.73 per gallon or something.) However, it was still too much! Anyway I think this flows very well with the orginal, and I will give it a perfect 5-5-5 vote. Nice work.

Great job as always, Johnny. We Aussies are seeing... let's see *converts to gallons* about $4.75 a gallon. But as the Aussie dollar is currently US$0.755, that's about $3.60 a gallon. What are you bitchin' about?!

loved it, but I always thought this song was by Bob Dylan?

Really good one.

Thanks, alvin, AFW, Paul, Arwen, 2Eagle, Philbo, Serafina, Luke, Dominic, and Larry.

Luke: "What am I bitchin' about?" What, I'm supposed to answer a question like that, from a saucy Aussie who's trying to fuel his own internal combustion with Premium Unleaded EmiLoctane Maple-Glaze?

Dominic: You are correct --- Bob Dylan wrote "Mr. Tambourine Man", but The Byrds recorded a cover of Dylan's original version --- The Byrds' version was shortened to fit the radio playlists of the time ( 1965 ), and the single, cut by studio musicians, with McGuinn on guitar and the group singing, had Dylan's lyrics, a guitar hook, chorus harmonies, and a rock rhythm section. You might notice that the guitar hook sounds like music by Johann Sebastian Bach, and that's no accident --- McGuinn added a Bach-like intro on his Rickenbacker 12-string guitar and changed the time signature to 4/4 time, like a Beatles' song.

Serve, swerve, curve... if I could give you a 6 for fighting the impulse to put the word "schwerve" in there, I would. Otherwise, a fantastic parody and maybe the title of the year.

I will be thinking about this parody when I depart for my 1,800 mile round trip automobile vacation tomorrow. It could be worse - gas prices in Europe are 2 or 3 times higher than ours. Well done, JD.

Thank you, Michael and JJ.

I've looked at this one but haven't gotten a chance to vote/comment on it. Yeah, just about everywhere in southern California I see prices that are way higher than they should be. Anyway I have to agree with all the above people who commented; this was excellent. Here's another 5-5-5 vote for ya.

Thanks, nally.

Didn't understand whole thing...didn't really read indepth, percise. But, here, here...I applaud this man fer "stealing" his gasoline. It ain't stealing -- it's a very need, wanton act of civil disobedience. And I'm fed up the blantant "theft" the gov't is going on with at the pumps! We all need to "steal" some gas.... Fill up those tanks, large or small. Let's all do "the right thing." Filler-up...give me some gas for free, until some fool in senate or parliment decides to stop this foolish nonsense. I ain't rich like them; just like the average 'Joe', or more like the homeless guy living out his car. "Steal" gas until the bloody cost comes back down to sensible, reasonable levels again.

(SOTM) Why do the first ones on the list always have be so damned good? It makes it so hard to be not judgmental on all the others. Darn you, Johnny D! :) 555

(SOTM) I gather from Agrimorfee's comment that Johnny D is always first on the list. Nice job my friend. You have a way with words. Hearing it in Dylan's voice only enhances what is already a great write. bob

SOTM--still a good one, Johnny.

(SOTM) A really funny one, Johnny! 5's

SOTM - "steal-a-tank-full morning"...oh SHEESH! This is so great - I can already tell it's going to be a tough round this month.

(SOTM) Still excellent, and great rhymes and story.

(SOTM) I still really like this one. Very entertaining parody about a funny news story.

(SOTM) After hearing the OS, I see the fine matches to the original in the chorus lines. Unfortunately, most EmiLoctane is self-serve.

SOTM - 5th gear and accelerating...

The pump/ chump/ Trump triplet was my fave. Great stuff Johnny.

Rocco, Vince, and Lars? Aren't those the Metallica guys?

Excellent work, Johnny Diesel. Lotsa great lyrical subs for the complex original's. And extra credit for "gas-hole."

By the way, is the "Ian" comment supposed to be a joke? If not, it's one of the lamest comments I've seen on the site recently (and there has been a plethora of lame comments on the site recently). Yeah, stealing stuff drives prices DOWN. Good luck with that, champ.

(SOTM) Excellent song. Loved the 2nd verse :-)

(SOTM) Johnny D-Lightful parody...555

(SOTM) Awesome! One of my favorite Johnny D parodies, and that's saying something!

'My car's swallowing fuel' has to be my fav line. 5's

(SOTM) This is why I ride the bus.

I loved "In the steal-a-tank-full morning, I'll come bor-row-ing fuel " - that was a perfect match - the whole thing is brilliant - 555

SOTM. The only way this could possibly be better would be to do the complete Dylan version of the OS. I was hoping it wouldn't end.

(SOTM) OMG, I'm so late!!! Wonderful parody, JD...and cngrats on the win!!

(SOTY 05) see above

(2005 SOTY) See above and I agree with MP; this is title of the year.

(SOTY 2005) A fitting anthem for the year. This would be great for one of those Oscar bits or whatever where they go over the events of the past year.

Gotta love John Stossel for pointing out that gasoline is a bargain (and is far cheaper per gallon than bottled water). But I love complaining about it as much as anyone.

I've read this probably five times now, Johnny BD, and it just gets better and better. TMGSTM (S for subs), and high-octane kudos for pump/chump/Trump and all your other triplets.

Makes sense for right now...they're just about at that price again!

SOTY?

First Place
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php/topic,12779.0.html

Very good !!! We need more of these songs to protest rotten price gouging wherever it occurs. Keep up the good work. John D. from Toronto Canada.

(ABC) 2 years later, it all still works.

(ABC) Woah. . .what do you say when a song has 32 comments already???? Well, good parody, can't say anything no one else hasn't already.

(ABC3-P) Unlike 90% of parodies written around news articles, this topic is still discussed today. I wonder what gas cost when TOS was written? See above!

This parody was a gas!!!

(ABC3P) What Dave said. That's what's annoying with parodies with a lot of comments. It's hard not to repeat what someone's already said! Well done, Johnny!

(ABC3) well, Rocco and Vince are pussycats, but Lars! (shudder) excellent JD-style parody, deserving of its SOTM gold, and see above

"Their pinko hybrid cars"made me laugh !!! 555

5's just for the title on this one!!!---MM

(ABC3P) See above. One of your greats, JD. Glad to see it back again.

ABC...Gas has been back under 2.00 for the first time in a long time...so I'm actually pretty psyched...but this is still funny stuff, JD!

(ABC) Wow. What can I say except this had me laughing VERY hard.

I've just reread this for the 555 time and thought I'd better leave a comment. This is gas-tastic! I laugh all the way through.

Belated thanks to all who voted for this in SOTM, and less-belated thanks to Agrimorfee, Below Average Dave, Red Ant, Matthias, bobpiecheese, Stuart, tomario, Michael McVey, Kristof, Arwen, Cat, and Rex! You have all PUMPED .... ME UP ! ;-)