Someone once told me….

[Wil Tryharder]

Someone once told me, ’You have to invest a lot of time in comedy’.

Two years ago I fell off a mountain bike and ruined my cycle helmet. One week later I invested a new one. This time carbon fibre, on the advice of a surgeon friend of mine.
Recently I invested in a birthday present for my wife. A rather expensive birthday present. A car! To go with it I purchased a colour coordinated reg plate and other accessories.
Today I joined the two historic events together.

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Footnote: all presents men buy their wives are really for them. Including the underwear!

 

[OriginalBigAl]

Are we related ? First ever new car , orange MG4, Border collies ( tick ) presents for wife include a Meccano set, and some electricians screwdrivers. ( not appreciated ). And we are all dying to know what was edited.

 

[Wil Tryharder]

Are we related ? First ever new car , orange MG4, Border collies ( tick ) presents for wife include a Meccano set, and some electricians screwdrivers. ( not appreciated ). And we are all dying to know what was edited.

Edited? I’ve been edited? How does that work ?

Ok… let’s look at the details.
Border Collie, very close, she’s an Australian Shepherd ? very similar, but with one important difference… she has an off button, which most BC’s do not.
I’ve bought my wife many ‘Lego’ sets. Including the ‘Eiffel tower’. Which I later sold for a $300 profit only to miss out on the $1000 profit two years later… oops.
I did buy my wife some screwdrivers, a whole tray load of different sizes and shapes. She wouldn’t get to grips with my Stanley multi-tool. (Cue the smut)
And this is my 3rd brand new car. I had a mad 6 weeks of overtime during the Moscow Olympics (barely slept) that bought me an MG Metro….. total Sh…. And then I bought a Peugeot 205 GTi which was completely awesome. It’s just the external dark grey plastic trim turned cream in two years. Not a good look ? oh yes and it blew a timing belt which was expensive $$$$
Does you wife spend your superfund/pension/income ?

 

[Coulomb]

And we are all dying to know what was edited.

Nothing exciting, just grammar and spelling. No smut was censored (this time).

 

[Wil Tryharder]

Nothing exciting, just grammar and spelling. No smut was censored (this time).

Love that! I need all the help I can get. Educated during a Labour government ?

Love that! I need all the help I can get. Educated during a Labour government ?

Harold Wilson if I remember correctly, 3 day week etc …..

 

[OriginalBigAl]

Harold Wilson if I remember correctly, 3 day week etc …..

I tells yer, its uncanny , how the uneducated 60s masses all end up with brand new MG4s . I hope no one else is reading this, it could be taken the wrong way. I ended up with a secondhand Morris Marina presumably made on one of the two non working days.

 

[Wil Tryharder]

I tells yer, its uncanny , how the uneducated 60s masses all end up with brand new MG4s . I hope no one else is reading this, it could be taken the wrong way. I ended up with a secondhand Morris Marina presumably made on one of the two non working days.

British Leyland who made the Metro got royally screwed. Just after producing 200 6R4’s homogenised for the world rally championship (which they would have probably won) Audi and others supported a rule change to ban Ultra Fast group c rally cars (after an Italian fan was killed).
I remember the aerial photographs showed 190 white cars straight off the line, parked at Longbridge. Enter ….. The World Rally ‘Cross’ Champions (circuit racing half track half mud) completely awesome ? The top five in the championship all bought 6R4’s and rotated them from race to race. We had a mini clubman parked at Paddock Hill Bend, Brands Hatch and used to cook hotdogs in the back between races. No fences, barely any marshals. Never again!

 

[Coulomb]

And now, back to MG EVs...

 

[Tight Git]

Nothing compared to the story about the '200' RS Fords, when the inspector turned up in Essex to check they existed and only saw 100 he was told the other 100 are up at Halewood on Merseyside. Cue 100 Fords being driven up to Halewood quicker than the inspector got there so he could count them again.

This story may not be true but it sounded possible and funny....

 

[Aupa]

Harold Wilson if I remember correctly, 3 day week etc …..

Nah. Harold was a wily (& successful, progressive) PM. The 3 day week was Ted Heath.

 

[Tuareg]

Nothing compared to the story about the '200' RS Fords, when the inspector turned up in Essex to check they existed and only saw 100 he was told the other 100 are up at Halewood on Merseyside. Cue 100 Fords being driven up to Halewood quicker than the inspector got there so he could count them again.

This story may not be true but it sounded possible and funny....

Not true at all. It was Lancia that moved the 100 cars to pass homologation for the 1983 rally to beat Audi. All in the movie 'Race for Glory', came out this year, 2024