Cardiff catastrophe!

[West Country Shrimper]

How much was your fine, Cyril?

 

[Mad Cyril]

Quote[/b] (West Country Shrimper @ April 19 2005,14:25)]How much was your fine, Cyril?

I don't know yet but I suspect once the Welsh police find out I am English I will be taken to the cleaners.

 

[SUFC Employee]

I don't see the club going for that on some how.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Quote[/b] (SUFC Employee @ April 19 2005,14:52)]I don't see the club going for that on some how.

Why not?

I think it would be very good publicity for the club.

At the end of the day I am victim.

I'm sure the Yellow advertiser/Standard Recorder/Essex Chronicle would be all over a human interest story like this.

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

I think it would only be fair to allow you to walk, or better still drive, round the perimeter of the pitch with a large collection bucket. Sympathetic fans could then contribute coins to you from afar.

Have you considered starting an on-line petition?

 

[Mad Cyril]

Quote[/b] (Hong Kong Blue @ April 19 2005,16:08)]I think it would only be fair to allow you to walk, or better still drive, round the perimeter of the pitch with a large collection bucket. Sympathetic fans could then contribute coins to you from afar.

That is a fantastic idea!

I could drive round the pitch with all the doors open, the radio turned up and my hazard warning lights flashing, perhaps towing a trailer with the South Woodham carnival queen on it?

Perhaps the bluebelles could walk round the permiter of the pitch with collection buckets to collect coins to cover my legal fees.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

I have a point-free licence at the moment, which is very nice. Doesn't stop the feckin' insurance companies asking me whether I've had any points in the last 5 feckin' years, though, does it?!

(To which the answer is yes, alas... nine of 'em)

 

[Napster]

Talking about South Woodham Ferrers, this just in from the BBC:

Motorist's nose broken by sausage
A driver is recovering after a frozen sausage was thrown through the window of his moving car, breaking his nose.
The man was driving near his South Woodham Ferrers home in Essex on Monday afternoon when the "bizarre incident" happened, the ambulance service said.

"He was driving his car when the offending item came through his open window and hit him on the nose," a spokesman said.

The 46-year-old managed to stop safely, before passers-by came to his aid.

I feel very sorry for him - it must have been an incredibly lucky or unlucky shot to get the sausage through a moving car window

Ambulance service spokesman

The driver decided not to go to hospital, but lost a lot of blood and has been left with a swollen and painful nose, the service said.

"The man said he was making his way home after work and had the window down because it was such a nice afternoon," the spokesman added.

"He said he saw a car coming the other way and felt a searing pain in his nose. He managed to stop his car without hitting anyone else.

"His nose was undoubtedly fractured.

"I feel very sorry for him - it must have been an incredibly lucky or unlucky shot to get the sausage through a moving car window. I have never seen or heard of anything like this before."

Police said they were investigating.

 

[Mad Cyril]

What sort of Sausage was it?

I would imagine a frozen sausage would cause the most damage. A regular cooked sausage would hurt but would it break bones?

A tinned hotdog sausage would probably explode on impact making a mess but causing relatively little damage.

 

[chadded]

Ah South Woodham, quality memories of that place.

 

[Stig Purple]

Quote[/b] (Hong Kong Blue @ April 19 2005,16:08)]I think it would only be fair to allow you to walk, or better still drive, round the perimeter of the pitch with a large collection bucket. Sympathetic fans could then contribute coins to you from afar.

Have you considered starting an on-line petition?

This reminds me of a time in the late-80s when a local car dealership (Mazda?) were promoting their new range by driving around the pitch perimeter during half time. Staff were standing up and waving from the sun rooves. There was also a bucket collection with some brave volunteers on foot. When the procession made its way in front of the North Bank it was met with a steady stream of coins being luzzed at these new motors. Although I'm sure many people were aiming for the buckets I'm sure quite a few were targeting the sun rooves. This sounds appalling behaviour but for some strange reason this makes me laugh even now.

 

[ESG]

Went the south side of the M25 Oxford on Saturday to avoid the lorry stack at the A1.I may have left it too late to slow down for the dreaded variable speed limit between the A3 and M3.
Anyone know if the camera's on the gantries above the road flash or are the new type that keep you in suspense ??

 

[West Country Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (lordlumpington @ April 25 2005,15:47)]Went the south side of the M25 Oxford on Saturday to avoid the lorry stack at the A1.

Should have gone north side of the A406. It's quicker

 

[ESG]

Quote[/b] (West Country Shrimper @ April 25 2005,15:49)]

Quote[/b] (lordlumpington @ April 25 2005,15:47)]Went the south side of the M25 Oxford on Saturday to avoid the lorry stack at the A1.

Should have gone north side of the A406. It's quicker

I'll just blame FBM....he was navigating !

 

[Mad Cyril]

Quote[/b] (Mad Cyril @ April 18 2005,08:27)]Got mine in the post last Friday.....

63 mph in a 50mph limit.

Anyone else?

If anyone is interested I got a £60 fine and 3 points on my licence.

It is an outrage.

 

[Birri]

Quote[/b] (Mad Cyril @ April 28 2005,10:59)]

Quote[/b] (Mad Cyril @ April 18 2005,08:27)]Got mine in the post last Friday.....

63 mph in a 50mph limit.

Anyone else?

If anyone is interested I got a £60 fine and 3 points on my licence.

It is an outrage.

It lasts 4 yrs now not 3 ! I got 3pts and £60 fine in Nov 2000. I was caught doing 99 through northamptonshire and it only lasted 3 yrs but they changed the length of time it sticks from 3 to 4 yrs in 02/03 I was told by the DVLA when I enquired when mine ran out.

 

[chadded]

Quote[/b] (Mad Cyril @ April 28 2005,09:59)]It is an outrage.

I wonder if you'll still be saying that whne a loved one is run over and killed by a speeding motorist.

Not speaking from personal experience (touch wood thank God), but think about it.


I know what you're going to say, you were on a motorway, not driving dangerously etc, but what you're saying is, that it is 'an outrage' that you've been caught breaking the law. Hmm.

 

[Bob Cratchitt]

A law that has been used to generate revenue!!

Traffic speed cameras are only meant to be used in traffic accident blackspots. So can you tell me chadded if this section of the road is considered a blackspot?

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

I agree with Chadded, you are complaining about being punished for breaking the law.

The problem isn't that the speed cameras are catching people who break the law, as criminals like Mad Cyril need to be aprehended.

The problem lies with the fact that the law is wrong and it should be legal to drive at 63mph over that stretch of road.

I therefore suggest that the drive around the perimeter of the pitch at Roots Hall be cancelled and Mad Cyril looks to the example of Rev'd King* and embarks on a campaign of civil disobedience - starting in the centre circle on Saturday with a ritual burning of the speeding ticket issued under this unjust law.

I would suggest a hunger strike but with 11,500 crammed into Roots Hall the food bars are bound to only stock 7 burgers and 3 pies so we'll all be hungry anyway.


*Martin Luther, rather than Burger and/or Jonathan, neither of whom have to my knowledge entered into the ministry, although Jonathan would probably feel at home as a priest in the Catholic Church.

 

[The General]

Im sure Mr Cyril was being slightly sarcastic. He knows he was wrong and will pay (literally!) the consequences ...