A friend filled his car with gas at a self-service gas station. After he had paid and driven away, he realized that he might have left the gas cap on top of the gas pump. He stopped and looked and, sure enough, it wasn't there.
Well, he thought for a second and realized that other people must do the same thing, and that it wasn't worth going back to the original gas station but to just ask at the next gas station he came to if anyone had left behind a gas cap.
At the next gas station he came to he asked the attendant if anyone had left any gas caps behind. The attendant smiled, produced a box from under the counter and said he could help himself to any gas cap he liked. Obviously many others had forgotten their gas caps.
He looked through the box and took one that looked like it would fit. He tried it on and it went into place with a satisfying click. He thanked the attendant and went on his way.
"Great," he thought, "I lost my gas cap, but I found another one that fits. And this one's even better because it locks..."
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