It could drive you to drink

When I was out for dinner on Monday night the woman I gave a lift to was explaining why she didn’t have a car at the moment. Basically she had been driving on the motorway recently and the power began to go in her car, so she pulled over and called out the AA (that’s the Automobile Association rather than Alcoholics Anonymous). The chap turned up and said it was too dangerous for her to continue driving and that he would tow her. So he secured a rope between his tow truck and her car and they set off. The woman wasn’t happy about this and got the AA chap to pull over after a bit because she kept worrying that she would go into the back of him. He said she’d be fine and they carried on.

Anyway, at one point she really did think she would go into the back of him so she turned the engine on (as you can’t have it on when you are being towed) and tried to pull into the next lane - and as she did so a lorry hit her car. Fortunately no-one was hurt, and in fact the truck didn’t even stop, but they were pretty shocked. The AA man then put a tow bar on (I have no idea why he hadn’t done that anyway) and they drove on to a service station a bit further on and stopped for coffee (with *lots* of sugar) and he then drive her on to a garage. When they go to the garage the AA man pointed to a spot at the side of the road and said “I was here a few weeks ago and a woman was parked there. A lorry came down the road and hit her car and crushed it and she died in my arms” *gulp* Who would be an AA man?? Remember to salute whenever you see one.

If you live in London and fancy going to the theatre, there are some cheap deals on at the moment if you look here, although having said that, not all of them are that cheap. Still it could be your opportunity to get a bit of culture or to go and sing along to something (try and make that a musical if you do rather than something like Hamlet).

I also saw on the BBC news website that research has shown that sometimes it is better to be spontaneous when making decisions rather than deliberating over it for ages. This could totally revolutionise my life! Although obviously I would have to think about that some more in case I made a rash decision in doing this.

Oh and it has to be said that I am not much into sport, but I do usually keep an ear out for the match result when Arsenal plays - and we do indeed say Result!!