What has your "friend" been up to?
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My mate reversed out of an ex-girlfriends drive but turned too early and using the corner of his rear bumper put a car-length crease down the side of the girlfriend's dads newly resprayed and restored Cavalier SR180 which was his pride and joy (this was in the 90s).
He then gingerly knocked on the door expecting a deserved thumping from the intimidating dad but instead was surprised and relived when he simply peered over the hedge at the damage, shrugged and went back in to pour himself a large Jim Beam. Said dad was compensated with several bottles of the drink over the next few years.
He then gingerly knocked on the door expecting a deserved thumping from the intimidating dad but instead was surprised and relived when he simply peered over the hedge at the damage, shrugged and went back in to pour himself a large Jim Beam. Said dad was compensated with several bottles of the drink over the next few years.
My friend's latest scrapes and japes include the following:-
1. He decided to buy a 32 year old shed made by BL, and went off to collect it from the wilds of East Anglia, hundreds of miles from home, without a mobile phone. He got away with it, that time.
2. He let a bloke off the internet attempt to fix another old shed of his. This did not go entirely according to plan.
These are as nothing compared to the worst in his long and shame filled list of egregious crimes against automotive reason, taste, and judgement. Having just had a rare moment of clarity and sold his shonky old Lotus, he went out and bought another one.
I do not think that there is much that can be done for my friend.
1. He decided to buy a 32 year old shed made by BL, and went off to collect it from the wilds of East Anglia, hundreds of miles from home, without a mobile phone. He got away with it, that time.
2. He let a bloke off the internet attempt to fix another old shed of his. This did not go entirely according to plan.
These are as nothing compared to the worst in his long and shame filled list of egregious crimes against automotive reason, taste, and judgement. Having just had a rare moment of clarity and sold his shonky old Lotus, he went out and bought another one.
I do not think that there is much that can be done for my friend.
My friend was an arse and collected nine speeding points on his licence. Because arse. He dodged a bullet last week, however. Flashy camera bust in old heap (he always gets busted in some old heap that shouldn't be able to go more than 20 mph but somehow does). Three of his old points had expired the day before, so now he will be back on nine but not banned. He's a knobber, but, phew.
My friend bought something on eBay, and was miffed when the item did not arrive. He entered into polite correspondence with the seller, who promised much but appeared to do little. Then the seller went quiet. My friend asked eBay to arrange a refund, which eBay did, and he then left some firm but (he thought) fair and accurate negative feedback on the seller. The seller then emailed to explain that he had been a bit distracted because his infant daughter had just died of a horrible disease (this, BTW, was true). My friend now feels like the biggest 
in the world.
in the world.Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 25th July 11:30
GC8 said:
If the poor man requests it, your friend can retract the feedback.
This has already happened, along with a donation of 100 quid to the charity that researches the horrid disease that killed the child. My friend still feels like a total arse, however.Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 25th July 15:19
My friend has parked one of his old cars (car A) blocking in another of his old cars (car B). He wants to move car B, but, although he is sure that he brought the keys to car A inside and put them on the kitchen table the day before yesterday, he cannot find them anywhere. He is blaming the cleaning lady, probably unfairly, as in reality he is a fkwit and has mislaid the keys unaided, most likely. My friend's wife has lost the cleaning lady's number, and she is not due back in until the week after next. My friend has just been very rude to his old mum when she suggested that he look in the dish full of keys that lives in the hall, as of course he has looked there fifty times already. My friend had been meaning to get some spare keys for car A cut for weeks, but hadn't done so. He is an aarse.
kwit and has mislaid the keys unaided, most likely. My friend's wife has lost the cleaning lady's number, and she is not due back in until the week after next. My friend has just been very rude to his old mum when she suggested that he look in the dish full of keys that lives in the hall, as of course he has looked there fifty times already. My friend had been meaning to get some spare keys for car A cut for weeks, but hadn't done so. He is an aarse. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff