Addendum.

Reportedly, it's really bad luck to have sex in cars, and if you do that, your car will always have problems.

"My husband told me that," my one (white) (townie) coworker was like, "And I didn't believe him, but then that car had problems!"

"So, who knows, maybe it's true," she was like.

. . .

(My coworkers are so much more awesome now, than when I was in academia.)