High Jinx - Car Modifications
There are two incidents of slight Car
Modification that I can remember happening. As both stories are
quite short I've combined them here under one section.
Now as somebody who rather likes their car I
should point out that this is not about damaging somebody's
"pride and joy" because that is just bang out of order.
What I am talking about are some minor
modifications that make things very funny, not only for all you
who are outside watching as the car pulls off but also for
passing witnesses and passing motorists who can also see your
handiwork.
Just Married
One of the technical support people quite
often gave one of the salespeople a lift to their car on a
couple of evenings a week.
It didn't take long for a pattern to be
noticed and more importantly for plans to formulate in certain
people's minds. The two people in question here were both male
which makes the "prank" work all that better.
Outside this particular place of work there
are some "parking meters" which are rather expensive to park all
day on (and involves a lot of meter feeding) however a lot of us
moved our cars to the meters for the last part of the day.
Whilst this technicians car was parked outside
one day we all got to work on the required decorations.
We had collected drinks cans from the day and
attached those with string to the back of the car.
A large "Just Married" sign had been attached to
the back of the car and once all of the decorations were in
place we all stood outside the store waiting eagerly for things
to happen.
The two of them got into the car and started
to drive off. As they did so we all started to cheer and wave
and soon the car ground to halt a little way up the road - I
expect the noise of tin cans being dragged behind a car are
enough to stop most motorists as quickly as possible.
The two of them got out to see what was
causing all the noise. So there our two friends stood, beside
the car with "Just Married" across the back and the obligatory
tin cans also attached. I'm sure the spectators were most
impressed with this "modern marriage" especially as we were all
cheering and waving from the sidelines.
Spank Me!!
This one was just so simple and the fact that
the motorist in question was not aware of the situation until he
got home made the "prank" all that much better.
Its a major variation on the "Place a kick-me
sign on somebody's back at school".
Remember "Dan" from the
Birthday Treatment &
Possible instigator of the Cardboard in the phone prank?
Well this just goes to show that what goes around comes around.
He was a driver of a BMW. A very impractical car
just for him and especially on the wages he was probably on at
the time, so we're pretty sure it was purchased for "posing purposes" only.
A large piece of card with the words "Spank Me"
clearly written was carefully attached over the read number
plate of the car.
For the whole journey home this was displayed to any car driving behind Dan.
The pointing, laughing and flashing of lights at
him meant nothing until he was safely home and was at last able
to see what had been done and soon everything made sense.
A simply prank and unfortunately not one that we
could all witness, however a good one never the less.
Of course any thought that maybe "Dan" might have
been stopped by the police for obstructing his number plate and
then getting an on the spot fine of around £100 didn't even cross
our minds.
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