On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:46:07 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:

I should think that car doors do far more damage. I had my finger trapped in
an Icelandic taxi and no-one inside could hear me pleading for the door to
be open. I was lucky they didn't drive off. You don't necessarily learn from
such an experience because other people shut the doors on you ...

Some years ago I went out for a pint with my uncle, and he had one of
those old Rover 90's (the sort where you'd take off the top part,
replace it with a cannon and call it a Sherman).

We picked up his apprentice and dropped him off outside the pub. They
were always having a laugh, and on this occasion uncle pulled away as
he started getting out of the car.

Unfortunately on a Rover 90 the rear doors open the opposite way to
normal, so the apprentice was literally spread over the pavement.....

I think uncle bought the drinks immediately afterwards!

PoP

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