[David9694]

A new catch-all Tea Shop thread for those miscellaneous new stories that don’t quite fit with parking, crashing into buildings or trapped/prisoners in their homes. 

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[Simon E]

Audi driver arrested “for a

Audi driver arrested “for a variety of traffic offences” after his car rolled onto its roof in a crash with a grey Honda on the M6 on Saturday morning.

A  rubbernecking driver then caused a crash on the opposite carriageway.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2023/04/22/driver-of-car-that-rolled-upside-down-after-m6-crash-arrested-for-variety-of-offences/

[Jogle]

Blubberhouses lorry driver
[b] Blubberhouses lorry driver banned for drink-driving[/B]

A LORRY driver who crashed at Blubberhouses on Tuesday, April 18, was banned from the road just over 24 hours later.

And

Borowski was remanded into custody and put before York Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, April 19 where he pleaded guilty to drink-driving and was disqualified from driving for 23 months.

If only all driving offences could be dealt with so quickly. I’m guessing that he was thought to be a flight risk and so they had to deal with it before he wasn’t around to be prosecuted

https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/23470030.blubberhouses-lorry-driver-banned-drink-driving/

[David9694]

A CAR left dumped on a

A CAR left dumped on a roundabout in Castlepoint is set to removed – more than one week after it was abandoned.

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23466836.abandoned-car-castlepoint-roundabout-set-removed/

[Hirsute]

This is the best angry face

This is the best angry face ever !

Father Alan of the Holy Trinity Dockside Church said around six worshipers, who believed parking restrictions were lifted on the bank holiday weekend, were slapped with £30 tickets.

Bermondsey priest furious after parking parishioners hit with fines during Easter service

[David9694]

Sorry Essex folk, you must

Sorry Essex folk, you must get that a lot 

[chrisonabike]

Excellent!  Originally I was

Excellent!  Originally I was trying to remember another skit (can’t even remember who did it) which had a segment with someone trying to get their piano driving licence round the streets…

I’ve got Ian Dury stuck in my head now though!  “He’s got his little garage and he’s got his little car and he wants a bit of Wembley up his Khyber Pass”

[David9694]

Origins of this idea? The pre

Origins of this idea? The pre-watershed Kenny Everett Video Casstte was right up my early teenage alley. 

https://fb.watch/j_Nnwp7IsF/

2 mins in, and then 5 m 30s 

[David9694]

Good evening, I’m from Essex

Good evening, I’m from Essex
In case you couldn’t tell
My given name is Dickie
I come from Billericay
And I’m doing very well – or at least up ’til now 

[Mungecrundle]

Know this Ford well, used to
Know this ford well, used to live quite near. As a boy, getting on my bicycle with a few mates to go down after the rain and make a bit of money pushing drivers and their soggy cars out was considered an afternoon well spent.

[Hirsute]

I think this ford has

I think this ford has featured before

Images show the Sainsbury’s delivery van abandoned in Buttsbury Ford in Billericay yesterday following heavy rain.

 

[David9694]

Do you know the way to

Do you know the way to Innisfree? 

no but if you hum it, I’ll play it 

[David9694]

All the way to Lands End Sir?

All the way to Lands End Sir?

that’s right, officer what of it?

I don’t like your tune, sonny

Edit: kindly accompany me to the station

[David9694]

It beggars belief that this

It beggars belief that this collection of grifters and nut jobs are given air time – I’m old enough to remember this as a flagship investigative journalism programme. 

[Awavey]

car goes for a swim in Great

car goes for a swim in Great Yarmouth

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23460230.inquiries-continue-car-ended-great-yarmouth-river/

[Hirsute]

Bit stupid doing it twice !
Bit stupid doing it twice !

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