Did you Scratch the car ? Dad - Son, come in here, we need to talk. Son - What's up, Dad? D- There's a scratch down the side of the car. Did you do it? S- I don't believe, if I understand the definition of ""scratch the car"", that I can say, truthfully, that I scratched the car. D- Well, it wasn't there yesterday, and you drove the car last night, and no one else has driven it since. How can you explain the scratch? S- Well, as I've said before, I have no recollection of scratching the car. Whiβ¦