First, you need to know: I work for a company that sells adult diapers so it’s not surprising that I have easy access to these products. I’ve always got several packs of big diapers in my house and often I have some in the trunk of my car; our company donates materials to local free medical clinics and shelters and I’m always taking diapers to somewhere.

So, a few weeks ago my little brother somehow managed to borrow our father’s most prized possession for a Sunday afternoon: a 1969 Chevy Camaro convertible in mint condition. This car is normally kept under a dust cover in the side of Dad’s garage that almost never gets opened up. I think my brother got the car because he told Dad that he was taking his new girlfriend out and I know that this is (finally) a girl that Dad likes. My brother and his girlfriend came over to our house and we all piled into our minivan for a fun drive. But little bro’ left the top down on the Camaro and while we were gone a tropical thunderstorm matured right over our neighborhood and turned that spotless muscle car into a gorgeous rain barrel. When we returned and peered inside, our worst fears were realized: There was over 4 inches of rain inside that car. We were all paralyzed until my cell phone rang: It was Dad calling and he was on his way over for dinner. We had ten minutes to get that car clean and dry.

My brother was panicking; literally shaking as he started scooping water with a tiny little pail he found in my daughter’s toy box. I looked at all that water and it took me 30 seconds or so, but my mind finally made the connection that it should have made right away: Adult Diapers. I retrieved a pack from our minivan. Everyone grabbed two or three and started immersing those puppies in the water. Adult Diapers have a special compound in them that can absorb up to thirty times their own weight in fluid. It worked like gangbusters. If you have never seen how much water an adult diaper can absorb and how quickly it can do the absorbing, then you simply do not know what an astonishing modern miracle these things are. Eight adult diapers soaked up almost all that water in about 40 seconds! A few paper towels got the remaining drops that were left and we all got our hair dryers out and finished up just before Dad arrived in his other vehicle – an old pickup.

So if you own a convertible, keep your top up when traveling through southern states. And if you want to prepare for the worst that can happen, keep a few adult diapers tucked away in the trunk or luggage compartment. If your wife or girlfriend finds these panties in your car, you’ll have a good story to tell.