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On my April 15th birthday the only gift at Joe’s Drive Thru Smog Check was a mystery box of vacuum filters. Then Mrs. Ramirez pulled in for a smog check. I opened the hood of her red Honda Civic… and a giant furry New York rat named Rocco stared back! “Ey! Watch da hood, pal! Fuggedaboutit! Happy Birthday, Smog Joe!” he yelled in full cartoon Brooklyn accent. Rocco heroically fixed a loose wire, then led me on a wild Magic Broom chase around the drive-thru bay.

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