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This comes to us from one of the smarter women on the Internet. Maybe the smartest. But I’m willing to keep the door open for someone else, lest they contribute to Learn THIS!

Sheryl helps you with a classic driving dilemma:

I am the quintessential parallel parker, and I my heart breaks when I see those poor putzes angling and re-angling, pulling in and out like a pool player with a nervous tic. So if you (a) drive a car and (b) live in a city, I’ve come to your aid. You’re welcome.

1. Don your driving gloves. What? No driving gloves? Well, I suppose it can be done without them. (Sheesh, what kind of readership do you have here, Meg? Next you’ll be telling me they eat french fries with their fingers.)
2. Pull your car parallel to the car in front of the space you want to back into. Inch up so that you’re seat is just ahead of the other driver’s windscreen.
3. Cut the wheel all the way to the right, and back up.
4. When you’re about halfway in the space cut the wheel halfway to the left, and back up as far as you can.
5. Straighten the wheel and pull forward.
6. Dab your forehead with your linen hankie, and pull the flask of vodka from your glove box, your task is completed.

Thanks, Sheryl! Did you just say “windscreen”?