One day he left his car at my house to go somewhere with another friend and he left me his keys in case it needed to be moved.
I had a few hours to work with so I came up with a plan.
First I downloaded a song; I Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys. Using an editor I copied just the chorus to a file. I put a 60-minute cassette in the tape recorder and put the chorus on followed by 15 minutes of silence and kept doing that to fill the tape.
I grabbed his keys, a portable tape player, the Backstreet Boys, and some tools and went to work.
I removed his car radio from the dash and stuck the tape player up in the dash and using a voltage regulator I tapped the "key on" power wire that goes to his radio. I put the tape player in continous play mode and adjusted the volume low to where it was barely audible. I stuck the radio back in the dash and went inside for a celebratory drink.
Here's what happens: any time he's driving at 15 minute intervals "I Want It That Way" would come from somewhere but because it's only a couple seconds you can't locate WHERE it is coming from.
I let a week go by and then I visit with him for beers. Eventually I ask him if he likes Backstreet Boys and he just glares at me silently for a good long moment and says "You motherfucker."
