A journey to remember


by Mark Benbow


On preparing to leave Minehead.....

TH
 
= Trudy Hanson
 
DB
 
= Daz Bryant
 
MB
 
= Mark Benbow
 

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"Daz I'll take Mark home"
 
DB
 
"Ok if you insist"
 
MB
 
"?"
 
TH
 
chat chat chat chat chat chat chat
 
MB
 
"GO THAT WAY"
 
TH
 
" I know" (screech) chat chat chat chat chat chat chat.......chat chat chat chat
 
MB
 
"yes and..."
 
TH
 
chat chat chat chat
 
MB
 
giggle giggle giggle
 
MB
 
"I think you need to take that slip road"
 
TH
 
"I know...Oh look at that big lorry"
 
MB
 
violent air braking and assumption of crash position
 
TH
 
" Oh, that was close"
 
MB
 
"Was it? I thought that gap was big enough for a piece of paper, you did well to nearly get there before that large dumper truck, those wheels were as big as this car, I am sure he would have stopped once we were crushed"
 
TH
 
chat chat chat chat
 

(Gerrie Maber telephones)

MB
 
in shock, lost plot
 
TH
 
chat chat chat ....
 

Stop for toilet.

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chat chat (on phone, top of voice, public looking on curiously), goes to toilet and loses sense of direction. Explanation for all the dents on nearly new car.
 
MB
 
rings
DB
 
"I'm really tired"
 
TH
 
chat chat chat chat
 
MB
 
giggle, smile and "oh"
 
TH
 
"I hate the countryside"
 
MB
 
"I love it, I live there"
 
TH
 
"I love the diversity of culture, blah, blah of London"
 
MB
 
"oh"
 

Smell of freshly sprayed manure wafts into car (70 mph middle lane cruise)

TH
 
" What a stink"
 
MB
 
"lovely"
 
TH
 
" In London we may have carbon monoxide, the smell of various foods, some litter on the street, some graffiti but you don't get the smell of SHIT. You don't see people spraying SHIT everywhere like in the countryside"
 
MB
 
"oh" (defeated) and giggles helplessly
 
TH
 
chat chat chat chat chat chat
 
TH
 
chat chat chat chat (still 70 mph middle lane, no one on inside lane)
 
MB
 
giggle
 
TH
 
"I once had a person not turn up for a fitting on a Saturday, we are very busy 16 fittings and we have to turn people away so I am annoyed if they don't turn up"
 
MB
 
"oh, what did you do?"
 
TH
 
"Well.....I waited up to 2am and rang her on her mobile and said "Hello, we are still here waiting for your fitting, can we go home now?"
 
MB
 
"what did she say"
 
TH
 
"Nothing, but it felt f$%&*£g good; she won't do that again"
 
MB
 
burst sides and new respect for driver
 

Generally chat re decline in morality within society; rudeness, etc. Drops MB off in Uxbridge.

TH
 
Do you think my driving's good?
 
MB
 
Yes Trudy it's "Wonderful"
 

MB pukes up after 10 mins driving and diverts to girlfriends house in Tring.



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Page last updated on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:30