> Brimstone wrote:

>> 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.

>
> Ah, I wasn't driving :P