Fluffy toys .... why?

[wolosp]

I passed a car this afternoon on the M4...driving in the middle lane the (male) driver apparently blissfully unaware that I was approaching. I overtook him and returned to the inside lane - after which he remained in the middle lane.
This car had two large teddy bears on the rear parcel shelf (taking up half the window height) and another toy hanging from the rear-view mirror, whilst two more smaller toys resided on the top of the dashboard.....what is it with toys in cars? (And no, I don't think he was a toy salesman )

[shadowninja]

i have a nodding dog on the parcel shelf. I dont need one of those bmw parking distance things cos he tells me when to keep reversing by nodding, and if i hit the car behind he shakes his head in disgust.

[beano1197]

shadowninja said: ....bmw parking distance things....

That'll be the Rover version then......

All the OAP's aspire to them!

[Don]

shadowninja said: i have a nodding dog on the parcel shelf. I dont need one of those bmw parking distance things cos he tells me when to keep reversing by nodding, and if i hit the car behind he shakes his head in disgust.

So there I was...taking an IAM Associate out for an assessment drive...and we stop behind this car. In which one of those really small, yappy, shitty dogs - A REAL ONE - was standing on the parcel shelf of the Escort in front.

In an emeregency brake situation the damn dog would kill anyone it hit. In a non - emergency break the result would clearly be hilarious.

What is with people and their dogs...? At least PHer dog owners seem to be diligent about restraints....

[shadowninja]

As the great Churchill once said... oh yes oh yes oh yes!

[Izza]

You should see some of the Asians (Japanese, Chinese) that drive around here. They're cars are pastered with Pokemon and various other soft toys.
Saw one car that literaly had about 2sq feet of front windscreen that you could see out of. The rest was soft toys.
Maybe that's why their driving is so bad?

[JonRB]

Perhaps he was driving his wife's / girlfriend's car? Some women seem incapable of driving around without half of Toys 'R Us stuffed into their cars (as has been mentioned), causing extreme embarrassment for their husband / boyfriend if he has to borrow the car.

Fortunately the worst Cosmic can be accused of is having a small Zippy from Rainbow danging from her rear-view mirror, so I guess I should be thankful for small mercies.

[Farmer]

I used to have snoopy and woodstock on the back seat when I was 17/18 ( "have" as in own you dirty pervs )Always a good ploy to encourage a girl to fall for my soft side

[Simonelite501]

Theres a guy who works for a haulier in Somerset who has a 4ft high toy donkey taped into a sitting position in the passenger seat of his artic unit! Some people are just too strange!

[Richard92c2]

Simonelite501 said: Theres a guy who works for a haulier in Somerset who has a 4ft high toy donkey taped into a sitting position in the passenger seat of his artic unit! Some people are just too strange!

The tape is to stop it slitting at the seam!

Ok Ok!

[bugmeister]

And as for cushions.............