> nullified wrote:

>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:32:04 GMT, "heavyhorses"
>> address.com> wrote:
>>

>>> Here's one for Doug - and I don't think anyone will complain if he
>>> calls him (or her) a prat !
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7000397.stm
>>>
>>> Police have condemned a driver who balanced a mattress on top of
>>> his car and then held on to it as he drove along a busy motorway.
>>>
>>> His passenger was also spotted grabbing on to the mattress as the
>>> Citroen Xsara headed north towards Gloucester along the M5 near
>>> Bristol on Monday morning.
>>>
>>> An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said the action was very
>>> dangerous. "If an item was not properly secured we would stop the
>>> vehicle and
>>> take appropriate action," he said.
>>>
>>> Paul Waller, of Rugby, a passenger in a nearby car who took a
>>> picture of the rooftop mattress, said: "It was catching the wind
>>> and looked very dangerous, so we didn't stay behind it for long.
>>>
>>> "It could have caused an accident - the car was travelling at more
>>> than 40mph."

>>
>> Ah, the foolishness of youth! 'Er indoors and I once brought home a
>> large garden pond over the roof of our little 316 Beemer - it
>> completely covered the roof and would have sat on the bonnet and boot
>> if it wasnt for one hand each out the front windows holding it up
>> high enough to see. Only a mile or so trip, but I never got out of
>> second gear :o)

>
> Nutter!
>
> We got 10 people transported by a Mini Metro back when I was 17: one
> in the driving seat, one in the front seat, one in the front passenger
> footwell, three on the back seat, one laid across them, two in the
> boot and one laid on the roof, legs hanging down the tailgate,
> clinging to the open sunroof...
>
> The foolishness of youth indeed. And we were going to the pub, just
> down the road fortunately...