No need to be so rotten Ray - leave the rotten behaviour to your fleet of crusty'n'rusty wrecks
I guess that the unplanned oil spray has halved the amount of undersealing I'll have to do this summer. I reckon it was well worth the loss of about £1 of oil and a new gasket.
had half the car's underseal and oily depoists fall in my hair
Only half? Not a bad result and at least you won't suffer from split ends...