Dan spent about two hours, trying to get my old Honda Civic to start up, so that he could take it to the car wash, because--in his words--it was filthy. Apparently, so filthy, in fact, that you couldn't see out the windows. (Well, when I left, it was still a dirty, snowy, salty Chicago winter). Anyway, I suppose this is what prompted someone to write "wash me" on the back window. I told Dan not to worry about it, or...if he really felt compelled to do something, then write back, "FUCK OFF"
But instead, Dan--being the wonderful Dan that he is--spent time jumping the battery of my car, pumping the gas for awhile (because I left it on empty and the gas had gone bad) and then drove it to a gas station for a refill and a car wash.
What can I say? Other than: To Dan, with love... ducks.