Engine starting procedure - some humor!

[TeacupFox@xxxx]

Well, leave it up to a woman to figure out something; yeah, I know 
there are some of you guys out there who are certain women can not 
think at all, but then there are some of you who just accept that we 
can and DO. Aside from that, my other half, whom I dearly love, now 
has 2300 miles on his virtually "new" D. He has always had a little 
difficulty getting it to start, however. Knowing that it is fuel 
injected, he would NOT TOUCH THE THROTTLE, but would just turn the 
key. That's the way you start fuel injected cars--don't load them 
up. The starter would turn over a number of times and then the car 
would finally "light". Well, last weekend after a fairly long drive 
(1 1/2 hours) and then the car sat for six hours in the extreme heat, 
we went to leave. He did his usual procedure when starting - turn 
the key, turning over the starter, but this time it would 
not "light". YUNN, YUNN, YUNN, YUNN, YUNN!! You know that sound! He 
ran the battery down. Fortunately, someone was there with jumper 
cables who offered to help my husband get it started. While the guys 
were outside chatting, I opened the glove box, got out the Owner's 
Manual and read "Engine Operation". Gee, there it was, "depress the 
throttle 1/4 of the way and turn the key" how simple!! Now, I wasn't 
to interrupt their conversation, so I sat quietly. Finally,there was 
discussion about the fuel pump and some other things and then my 
husband asked me to get into the driver's seat. While they were at 
the backend, I was to start the car. I told him about the 1/4 
throttle, so I gave it 1/4 throttle AND IT STARTED UP! Wow, what a 
relief! After we got home and pulled into the garage, he shut it 
down. He paused a moment then looked at me and turned the key and 
STARTED IT RIGHT UP! He shut it down. He turned the key again and 
STARTED IT RIGHT UP! He shut it down again! He turned the key and 
STARTED IT RIGHT UP! "Mmmmm" is all he managed to say. I just smiled 
and said "Thank you." NOW YOU DON'T SUPPOSE IT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS 
GIVING IT 1/4 THROTTLE EACH TIME, do you?????