Practical Joke

This one is from one of my Dad's friends. Dad's name changed to Papa in the story.

I was thinking of a joke that Papa pulled on a major in 8th Air Force on Guam. Papa was down at Base Ops one day when he saw this Major that he knew getting out of his Volkswagen, grab his helmet and run into Base Ops., obviously late for preflight briefing. When Papa got close to the Volkswagen he noticed that the Major had left keys in it and it was still running. Papa turned it off and went into Base Ops. He decided to find out when the Major's flight was due to return, which was some 8 hours later. He then decided to go back to the car right before the Major was due to return, start the car up again, then observe from a distance and see his reaction. I guess the Major was quite surprised to find it running and still with plenty of gas. I believe that some time later Papa confessed to his joke.

Gotta love my dad and his ability to play a joke.