Sometimes I Just Don't "Get it"

So, my wife had gone out of town for a few days. When she is gone I find it a good time to get certain projects done. Guys know what I am talking about: things you can really dive into and steep yourself in without interruption. It was time to replace the spark plugs and wires on my car. I had done this before on other cars and it had always been an easy job: just being out there with the wind, some tools, my car and the parts I had.

It happened to be that the plugs on this Ford engine were all over the place. I am sure this masterpiece made sense to the engineers. Three of them were on the back side of the engine in front of the fire-wall. It was a nightmare getting my hands on even the front ones. The job ended up taking more scrapes, stretching, straining, time and cussing than I thought it would.

Why is it these things never seem to go smoothly?