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- Newsgroups: alt.peeves
- Subject: Running out of petrol (was Re: Car peeve)
- Message-ID: <28564@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 18:14:21 GMT
- References: <g0qqgh#@lynx.unm.edu>
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- In article <g0qqgh#@lynx.unm.edu> hillman@carina.unm.edu (Dan Hillman) writes:
-
- [Sad story about running out of fuel]
-
- This reminds me of the first time I came up to Edinburgh, driving a
- minibus which
-
- a. was guzzling fuel and
- b. had a faulty fuel guage.
-
- Unfortunately, because of circumstance [b], we only became aware of
- circumstance [a] when the fuel guage finally came to it's senses and
- told us that we had approximately 2 thimblefulls of Diesel left in the
- tank. At this point it was 12.30 am and we were driving through
- Northumberland, the only deserted bit of England left.
-
- We managed to crawl to Dunbar* when we finally came to an ignominious
- halt outside a late-opening chinese take-away, which we foolishly
- approached in the hope for comfort, food and civilisation. We totally
- failed to realise that Dunbar on a Friday night shortly after pub
- closing time becomes mysteriously tranformed into a suburb of Beirut.
-
- We locked ourselves into the minibus with our chips and watched in dazed
- disbelief as bottles, cans, shop windows, vomit and cars were hurled
- between rivalling factions, all wielding their haggis suppers and making
- the air blue with their ancient, petrifying battle-cry;
-
- "FuckinEnglishWankersDon'MessWi'MePal"
-
- We were finally rescued after having made a brave dash for a nearby (and
- subsequently extinct) phone box. Our gallant cavalry whisked us away at
- 4 am. The battle raged on.
-
- *Dunbar. By day, a bustling, provincial seaside town 30 or so miles
- from Edinburgh. By night, cess-pit.
-
- Babs
-