The automobile contained a fl ag, a city phone
directory, an unpaid parking ticket, and the
contents of a woman’s purse: bobby pins, a
ladies’ powder compact, a plastic rain cap,
several combs, a tube of lipstick, a pack of gum,
a wad of tissues, $2.73 in bills and coins. Five
gallons of gas were also included, in case the
combustion engine became obsolete by 2007
and no fuel was available.