Puck'in Car

Ok, so it's the same pun as previously, but more appropriate for this message.

We'd noticed that living in Romford had made us very impatient and we swore a lot more than we used to. I think that living in Ottawa is going to be good for us as everyone is a lot more relaxed here and they're very helpful. We've noticed that we hadn't sworn since we arrived here. That was until we picked up our air hockey table from the department store. The table is 1.5m by 0.75m. We've got a family sized hire car so you'd imagine that it would be simple to fit the table in the car. Oh now. Not with these smart American cars that don't let you put the rear seats down. Sigh. The department store employee was very helpful and held the table for us while I fumbled with the seats trying to put them down. Once I realised the seats didn't go down, we put the table in the boot. It stuck out, but we tied the boot shut and padded around the table. Only to find that the damn automatic car had a safety feature and wouldn't start with the boot open (or so I thought). The stores-man helped us remove the table and I found that if we put both front seats as far back as they would go then we could just slide the table over Sarah's seat and I'd still be able to drive. This had only taken half an hour in the freezing cold. Grrr. And the car wouldn't start! I didn't understand what was wrong and it took a frustrating five minutes before I realised that I'd slipped the automatic gear stick out of the park setting and THAT is why the car wasn't starting now AND why it hadn't started with the table in the boot!