One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
Discussion
peterperkins said:
In the 1970's I lived with my parents near Welwyn and we had the A1 at the bottom of the garden.
Let's just say we had a new cat every six months for the twelve years we lived there.
We went from A-Z names in cats very quickly.
They just never came home, or limped back like an extra from Saving Private Ryan with extremities hanging off and then costing a fortune at the vets to disappear the following week.
My mother never made the link between the A1 and
I fear..
Small world, I live near Welwyn with the A1 at the bottom of my garden. My 2 rescued moggies are a right pain, but not once have ever gone near the A1. Let's just say we had a new cat every six months for the twelve years we lived there.
We went from A-Z names in cats very quickly.
They just never came home, or limped back like an extra from Saving Private Ryan with extremities hanging off and then costing a fortune at the vets to disappear the following week.
My mother never made the link between the A1 and
I fear.. peterperkins said:
In the 1970's I lived with my parents near Welwyn and we had the A1 at the bottom of the garden.
Let's just say we had a new cat every six months for the twelve years we lived there.
We went from A-Z names in cats very quickly.
They just never came home, or limped back like an extra from Saving Private Ryan with extremities hanging off and then costing a fortune at the vets to disappear the following week.
My mother never made the link between the A1 and I fear..
I'd have stopped having cats as a pet after first couple of run overs.Let's just say we had a new cat every six months for the twelve years we lived there.
We went from A-Z names in cats very quickly.
They just never came home, or limped back like an extra from Saving Private Ryan with extremities hanging off and then costing a fortune at the vets to disappear the following week.
My mother never made the link between the A1 and
I fear.. c24 cats is a few to many.
peterperkins said:
In the 1970's I lived with my parents near Welwyn and we had the A1 at the bottom of the garden.
Let's just say we had a new cat every six months for the twelve years we lived there.
We went from A-Z names in cats very quickly.
They just never came home, or limped back like an extra from Saving Private Ryan with extremities hanging off and then costing a fortune at the vets to disappear the following week.
My mother never made the link between the A1 and I fear..
Which letters of the alphabet were not used?Let's just say we had a new cat every six months for the twelve years we lived there.
We went from A-Z names in cats very quickly.
They just never came home, or limped back like an extra from Saving Private Ryan with extremities hanging off and then costing a fortune at the vets to disappear the following week.
My mother never made the link between the A1 and
I fear.. After the first dozen or so cats were run over, did nobody think that it was a waste of time - not to mention bordering on the cruel?
It might have seemed cruel at the time, however for veteran road engineer Finbar McShelley, it was the making of his career. His daily early morning commute on the A1 took him past a row gardens. Almost twice annually he ran over a cat. On the 26th occasion, he noticed a flailing feline eyeball glimmer as it flew past his headlights and embedded itself in his windscreen wipers. An idea was born.
Less than a year later Finbar's 'lightbulb' moment was saving lives, though not cats lives, as the 'cats eye' became standard fitment on Britain's A road network. Finbar retired to a small island just off Grand Cayman, where he now runs the Carribean's largest cat sanctuary.
Less than a year later Finbar's 'lightbulb' moment was saving lives, though not cats lives, as the 'cats eye' became standard fitment on Britain's A road network. Finbar retired to a small island just off Grand Cayman, where he now runs the Carribean's largest cat sanctuary.
janesmith1950 said:
It might have seemed cruel at the time, however for veteran road engineer Finbar McShelley, it was the making of his career. His daily early morning commute on the A1 took him past a row gardens. Almost twice annually he ran over a cat. On the 26th occasion, he noticed a flailing feline eyeball glimmer as it flew past his headlights and embedded itself in his windscreen wipers. An idea was born.
Less than a year later Finbar's 'lightbulb' moment was saving lives, though not cats lives, as the 'cats eye' became standard fitment on Britain's A road network. Finbar retired to a small island just off Grand Cayman, where he now runs the Carribean's largest cat sanctuary.
The actual story is quite close.Less than a year later Finbar's 'lightbulb' moment was saving lives, though not cats lives, as the 'cats eye' became standard fitment on Britain's A road network. Finbar retired to a small island just off Grand Cayman, where he now runs the Carribean's largest cat sanctuary.
Percy Shaw.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Shaw
He did become very wealthy. He didn't retire to the Caymans but was an eccentric with four tellys running 24/4, sitting on packing crates and a Roller in the garage.
Liquid Knight said:
BMW 440 in metallic Nandos grey on the A47 to A17 earlier. Laughable stereotypical driving and I'll be playing BMW bingo with the dash camera later. Hardly knobish due to expectation, but I have had "Aint takin' 'bout dub" stuck in my head since. Grrrrr!
Sounds like a cheeky colour.
jakesmith said:
Use of: He/She/Tablelamp
About as funny as the prospect of John McDonnell being Chancellor of the Exchequer
As part of a job I'm looking into I have to do presentations in front of small groups. About as funny as the prospect of John McDonnell being Chancellor of the Exchequer
Vocabulary guidelines suggest I should say...
"Hello everyone/everybody"
...instead of...
"Good morning ladies and gentlemen".
...because if someone is having a bad day they could be offended by good morning and not using "ladies and gentlemen" in case any of them identify themselves as anything else.
Him/Her/Tablelamp or He/She/Tablelamp isn't the joke. The f
king world we live in is. Some Korean looking small SUV thing with BMW badges, which pulled out on me out of a side street. Even though I had to brake pretty heavily to avoid hitting him, I just let it go and carried on.
When we entered a more built up area I was still behind him, but noticed a lot of arm waving from the driver as he deliberately sped up and drove towards pretty much every hazard that presented itself which wouldn't have been an issue. Then leaning on the horn, arm waving and fumbling around his rear view mirror for his dash cam.
He didn't do it a couple of times, but pretty much every car that was inching out of a side street, every oncoming car that was slightly crossing the white line to pass parked cars, etc, he'd accelerate towards it, hand on the horn, then fumble for his dash cam.
At a pelican crossing the lights were on red, but just as the lights started to flash amber a young woman started to run across. BMW deliberately set off towards her and slammed on right away, again, hand on the horn, arms waving, shouting out of the window, dash cam fumble.
Every single one of the issues he created could wouldn't have been an issue at all if he didn't create them himself.
When we entered a more built up area I was still behind him, but noticed a lot of arm waving from the driver as he deliberately sped up and drove towards pretty much every hazard that presented itself which wouldn't have been an issue. Then leaning on the horn, arm waving and fumbling around his rear view mirror for his dash cam.
He didn't do it a couple of times, but pretty much every car that was inching out of a side street, every oncoming car that was slightly crossing the white line to pass parked cars, etc, he'd accelerate towards it, hand on the horn, then fumble for his dash cam.
At a pelican crossing the lights were on red, but just as the lights started to flash amber a young woman started to run across. BMW deliberately set off towards her and slammed on right away, again, hand on the horn, arms waving, shouting out of the window, dash cam fumble.
Every single one of the issues he created could wouldn't have been an issue at all if he didn't create them himself.
Security guard at my local mall. Told my wife she couldnt enter because she was wearing 'flip flops'.
Since when does a jobsworth security tt decide what foot wear you are allowed in a mall.
They are Tommy Hilfiger and were bought from the Office shop inside the mall.
I can see myself having fun with this idiot.
Since when does a jobsworth security t
t decide what foot wear you are allowed in a mall. They are Tommy Hilfiger and were bought from the Office shop inside the mall.
I can see myself having fun with this idiot.
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