Le Fou, France (7-July-2003)
Joe Armstrong, of Joe's Brake and Muffler out on Highway 9, announced today that he was definitely
calling it quits, vis-a-vis, you know, the whole brake and muffler thing.
I've pretty much lost whatever passion I used to have for mufflers, too."
Armstrong has been in the brake and muffler business for 15 years, and at the peak of his career had
been known to be able to replace the same muffler in the same car 3 separate times over the course
of a month, without ever once getting it right. "He could do a brake job so good," business
associate, Jane Air, told reporters, "that by the time you noticed that he'd done it all wrong -- it
was too late. If you know what I mean."
Despite wide-spread rumors, Armstrong totally denies he has any plans whatsoever of opening, like, a
Joe's Radiator and Transmission, across from the Toyota dealership out on Highway 12.
Armstrong also claimed his sudden retirement has absolutely nothing to do with like how, a couple
months ago, some vandals spray painted out the "ler" in 'Muffler" on his big sign out front.