Just returned from a very pleasant riving lesson with Mrs V. (the first for about 3 months) and whilst I was dutifully waiting outside a shop 'Maureen' happened by. The road in question was a narrow side road with cars parked both sides and the odd 1.5-2 car length spaces in between. Traffic was steady if not heavy but there was only enough width to accommodate vehciles from one direction at a time.
Maureen appeared in a Silver Cavalier and rather than park about 100 yeard further back up the road where there was plenty of space she tried to park in one of the gaps. What followed was both comedic and infuriating - a series of dodgy manoeuvres each doomed to failure from the outset and resulting in NS front wheel on the kerb and the rear of the car sticking out at an angle and blocking the road. The queue of traffic grew longer as the tempers of the other drivers grew shorter.
'Maureen' however was of course blissfully unaware of any of this and carried on regardless causing quite serious disruption and (to me at least) a degree of merriment. After about 10 minutes and several failed attempts she decided to park on the opposite side of the road and proceeded to block the cars coming from that direction whislt she once again tried to get both ends of her car the same distance from the pavement whilst at the same time being less than 2 feet of it.
I know this subject comes up periodically but how on earth do people like that EVER pass their test?????
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how on earth do people like that EVER pass their test?????
You're assuming they have!
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They only need to get it right once. Maybe was lucky. what you do after that well enough said??
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Was mech1
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They only need to get it right once. Maybe was lucky.
Perhaps "lucky" enough not to be tested in that skill:
AIUI, it's the testers choice of one of the following - reversing around a corner, parallel park, or "three point turn".
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Good job she wasn't driving hubby's bus.
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Was in town the other day when a similar thing happened - woman in a large, battered, Volvo tried to squeeze into a small space. After bouncing backwards and forwards of the cars either end, she gave up and drove off. I was kind enough to write down her number and give it to the owners of the cars she scuffed the paint off, as I'd be damned annoyed if it was mine she damaged and then left.
Another time (again a woman - so sue me!) a lady got a brand new Beemer wedged between two metal bollards in a car pack (fore and aft). No careful manouvering here, she just shunted back and forth alternately until one end of the car came free.
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The wife of a workmate got back to her car in the supermarket carpark, trolley full and three kids in tow. The front end of her car was stoved in, and another woman was staring at it. The other woman said, "It was a lady in a 4x4, she reversed from the other side the rank, pushed your car to get clear and then drove away." "Did you get her number", asked my workmates wife. "Ooh, I didn't think", was the reply.
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I'm beginning to get the impression that the name Maureen doesn't always ring a bell...:-)
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I'm beginning to get the impression that the name Maureen doesn't always ring a bell...:-)
Absolutely. In my case it took several hours for the penny to drop.
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I'm beginning to get the impression that the name Maureen doesn't always ring a bell...:-)
Ding ding :-
backtoreality.gonna.co.uk/celebs/maureenrees.htm
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>>Ding ding :- >>
Up to two pence now - Maureen will be able to go and spend a penny..:-)
By the way that used to be the charge in Blackpool's Talbot Square conveniences at one time.
Hence my wife's quick witted: "To pee or not to pee. That is the question."
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