> Abo wrote:

>> 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...

>
> Just so long as you were below both the speed and drink drive limits that's
> OK.