They hiked the oil price up again, some "Crisis in the East,"

that caused the price of gas to go berserk,

I owned a Ford V8, and it loved fuel - to say the least,

plus, I drove eighty miles a day to work!

The garage guy said I should get a carburetor vent,

I'd never even heard of one before,

he said I'd save on fuel use - over thirty-eight percent,

he put it in and then I wanted more.

A space-age gas computer in the engine was the go,

a thirty-five percentage cut in fuel,

I dozed off as he fitted it, with thoughts of saving dough,

and dreamed about a very special tool.

Describing it, I told him it was like a filter well,

that fitted in the air intake, just neat,

when driving hard it opened up a special air tank cell,

when cruising it shut off the air complete.

He told me it would work, we wondered how much it would save,

so showed it to an engineer at Ford,

his tests said thirty-six percent at idle it would shave,

or thirty-seven if the car was floored.

I picked my car up yesterday, he'd finished on all three,

I thanked him then I drove off down the road,

I only got ten miles - I had to make a stop, you see:

my bloody petrol tank had overflowed!!!

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