Why does the automatic car wash only malfunction when you've got three minutes to reach the science fair?

You prepaid. You chose "deluxe." The giant foam rollers descended like a promise.

Then the machine froze mid-rinse, and now you're sitting in a sudsy tomb while your daughter's baking-soda volcano waits in the back seat.

Punchline

At least the soap is extra strength — just like your ability to stay calm when technology picks the absolute worst moment to nap.