"Hey Jim is this un-coupling lever fixed good enough?" (Jim shakes un-coupling lever aggressively) "BERRRA ERMAGER NO ITS GONNA GO CLICKITY CLACK DOWN THE RAILROAD TRACK!"
A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.