Follow Me, Don't Follow Me...
7:30am, grey, rainy morning. A good time to get in the car, drive to the bank and use the ATM to deposit a fat cheque before things get busy and I have to pay for parking miles away from where I need to be.
I drive to the nearby town of Fleet, and at the traffic lights there's a diversion and a sign BLOCKING the Fleet Road (the main hi street) that says
"NO TRAFFIC PAST THIS POINT"
or words to that effect.
Now, being a local lad I ignore this, swerve 'round it and drive down the road as far as I can (another 1/4 mile) before pulling up in a lay-by to cross the road and go drop my cheque in. As you can see from the photo that's about as far as I could go... there's holes in the road, barriers and NO vehicles can get past this point.
Funny thing is, as I get out of my car, there's a queue of traffic behind me - all these cars have followed me down the road, past the big "NO TRAFFIC..." sign, and now they all realise they can't get through.
There's a look of mixed perplexity and frustration on their faces as they all attempt U-turns in the road.
Hahaha silly fokkers... that'll teach 'em not to follow me...
Blue Skies thinking @ 4/14/2005 04:19:00 PM
16 Comments:
At Thu Apr 14, 06:39:00 PM,
superfan said…
Ha ha suckers! oh how I laugh at the stupidity of english drivers.
That sight is depressing me Lever, its so...english. i'm sick of england. i mean it has its good points...
but it has its bad. anyway, glad you laughed at the 'silly fokkers'. i would have done. I made flapjacks today, i think i shall go eat one.
and the song was gross but i dont know what song it was and i shant repeat what it said. B...no.
At Thu Apr 14, 06:43:00 PM,
superfan said…
ooh more:
1) how long have you been reading that book with the dude's face on??
2) the phrase 'stunning.real.' is like way cheesy. just thought you might want to know.
:P
At Thu Apr 14, 09:05:00 PM,
davinian said…
hehe, classic - I love doing things like that and then realising so dumb arse has followed me!
At Thu Apr 14, 09:42:00 PM,
RahX said…
Silly lemmings.
Speaking of driving, I came to the conclusion that the nicer the car is and the younger the drivers is, the worse at driving they are.
Like you'll get a 16 year old in a beat up pinto that drives like a pro but the 19 year in the fancy acura can't even corner.
Go figure...
At Thu Apr 14, 10:11:00 PM,
Brom said…
ROTFLMaO
I have experiencedtwo example of this from both sides. The first when we were heading from a wedding on one side of town to the other for the reception. On the way we stopped off at a relations house completely off the shortest route between the two to feed their animals, let the dog out etc. We pull up outside to find a load of bemused wedding guests in convoy behind.
The second was on the way to work one day, the motorway was totally snarled, we opted for a country route which became blocked by an accident, we knew there was a short cut to another local route somewhere off the main road in this village we were in. "Follow that guy" someone in the carshare clan shouts as a guy pulls off into a sidestreet. He was, however, following the guy in front of him who had done the same as the guy infront of him, and the guys behind us did the same... all ending up in a single track road which went nowhere with someones posh looking house at the end. The puzzled faces of all the local residents watching this sudden invasion was well worth the late arrival at work
At Thu Apr 14, 10:15:00 PM,
Brom said…
"A HOLE HAS APPEARED IN FLEET HIGH STREET" ... police are looking into it.
At Thu Apr 14, 11:53:00 PM,
shinanos said…
Oh look so English...or British?
(It reminds me of the sight in Ireland a bit...) LOL, Seff - hope yr good luck on the comimg tests!
Hahaha... And yes some of funny blogs' posts always make me BIL(burst into laughter) in front of my PC everyday... Espanol, muy gracioso...! (The one most major site has an English translation button in the HP: he's real "geek en japon, mi amigo in JPN - :D)
At Fri Apr 15, 12:37:00 AM,
Jay said…
Yay fat cheques!
Suddenly you are so much more attractive to me... :)
smooches,
J
At Fri Apr 15, 07:14:00 AM,
Lever said…
TMRB: Gotta show the world that our green & pleasant land has lots of rain. I know what you mean, it gets me down too, but I tend to suffer more during the winter months. Spring & Summer are great here, even when it rains... Hiding abroad from October to March sounds like a good idea :)
Finished Lance Armstrong's book b4 Xmas, currently reading a great book recommended by Brom-man; will post soon. Yeah, that phrase is totally cheesy but I was in pretentious jouranlist mode that day... Incredible bloke though; let's see if he wins for a 7th year...
Hope your flapjacks are good :D
*expects jiffy bag of confection*
Davinian: Yeah, I just grinned at them, probably helped make their day. Nice way to start it, me taking the piss out of them :D
RahX: LOL Lemmings indeed.
That's an interesting theory. There's a 17 year-old who thrashes up my road in a tidy little Fiat Punto Sport, all tuned up and the like, but he drives like a complete arse. Because he can. On this road that's "not the done thing" 'cos of the children, cats, little old ladies etc. So yeah, he's an idiot.
The kids in beat-up motors I just don't really notice or care about - they're cool. They don't show off and don't need to.
Cool :)
Brom-man: LOL Excellent stuff, Brom-man. You should have asked the wedding guests if they wanted to join you for a stroll, and at the posh looking house knocked on the door and asked when they served tea :D
LOL English coppers huh? ;)
Shina: Yep so English and so British too and the same in Ireland :D That's why we all just love our sunny days in our islands :D
Jay: LMAO, thanks Jay, nice to know I got something going for me ;)
Talking of which, why is it always guys in the news who are the bigamists/polygamists? Where's the ladies with their multiple marriages? LOL
At Fri Apr 15, 02:13:00 PM,
Red said…
Ahh, yes, looks a little bit like that out of my window here... Farnborough is very gray/grey today :(
At Fri Apr 15, 03:50:00 PM,
Lever said…
Red: Hey Red, yeah, not so good is it. And bloody cold too... I had to keep the windows up in the car earlier 'cos it was just too damned chilly... ah well, soon be summer :D
Apart from gey what's the view like from where you sat anyway?
At Fri Apr 15, 06:46:00 PM,
Red said…
Pretty dismal for April. The pink house opposite is still amusing, even though I've been here 4+ years. Whats your view like?
At Sat Apr 16, 03:10:00 AM,
Stacy said…
hahaha, that is hilarious. Just goes to show you how people are more like sheep or cattle...just waiting to be herded around. All they need is a leader.
At Sat Apr 16, 09:08:00 AM,
Lever said…
Red: LOL a pink house in Farnborough - well, better than a grey one.
The daily view from here is the side/corner of a 1960s bungalow - though luckily there are no plans to demolish it and replace with 15,000 flats, as Farnborough has become "renowned" for...
Oh for some greenery... a forest, a lake... oh, that's in the other direction, shame I can't see that from here :D
Stacy: LOL, Hiya Stacy :) Yeah, they obviously thought something like "oh, that guy seems to know where he's going"... and I did, it just wasn't where they thought it was.
Baaaaa
:)
At Sat Apr 16, 09:39:00 AM,
superfan said…
Hah, you'll be lucky! no, I'm joking. If I had any left of course I'd send you one! but my clan devoured them in a cuppla hours (well i ate most of them actually)
I only asked 'bout the book cos it's still in your....thing. bit. thing. at the side. sidebar!! yes.
about RahX's theory: doesn't it remind you of Russel squirrel from bloc party? like roaring around in some old banger thing with no exhaust pump...no? fine.
At Sat Apr 16, 11:28:00 AM,
Lever said…
TMRB: Damn. No blogging about getting flapjacks then LOL
What, Russell "the squirrel" Lissac drives a banger with no exhaust? How do you know that, Missy? That guy can play a mean guitar though... whoah!!
I'll leave my book collection in the sidebar just incase people are interested... for now anyway.
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