Lessons learnt while broken down on a freeway

A short tale of an exploding tire and the insults that spill from our mouths

Hi,

Having a tyre (or tire, seeing as I am in America) explode is on my top 10 list of nightmare scenarios. Other nightmare scenarios include being buried alive, or accidentally forgetting to put pineapple on a pizza order.

Well, this week the nightmare happened and my tire exploded. Well, maybe explosion is a little much — but there was a dramatic ruptu…