My mate Jim has a stammer, or is it a stutter or just a speech impediment. Anyway he can take a while to get his words out. He is very comical with it and doesn't mind the micky being taken and often sends himself up. In fact, having a mobile telephone call with him is difficult as you don't know if it is the network or him causing the listening problems.
He rang me yesterday to relate this story: He was driving behind a small saloon car and idly noted that the driver was "as bald as a coot". Then he noticed that a rear tyre was very low on pressure. He decided to do the good citizen approach and drove alongside at the lights, tooted his horn and wound down his window. The follicly (sp?) challenged driver wound down his window. Jim said "Oh, actually, did you.....know that....you haven't any air...." and before he could get the words out the driver took extreme offence, told Jim to "F*ck off" and raced away.
Brilliant!
Posted by grahame at May 25, 2003 09:02 AM