‘Car-Journey’ related post number 735…

It warms my cockles to read such car journey tales of songs sung, 'landmark spotting' games and the handing out of boiled sweets…

My folks had a simple ritual for car journeys when I was a kid…

Part 1: If any trip is longer than 18 yards, both parents must smoke at least 20 king size cigarettes (each) before the journey ends.

Part 2: If I dare to request a window be opened, I am branded a ‘selfish, worthless, waste of good spunk’ by my folks because even someone as stupid as me must realise that opening a window would result in ‘letting the heat out’…

Part 3: Within a few short minutes I would barf up my previous meal…followed by a concerted attempt to expel a lung from my body using the timeless art of chunder.

Part 4: I would be bollocked to within an inch of my tiny life for causing the subsequent carrot-pappered stainage to the back of my Dad’s Austin Marina.

Part 5: Mum & Dad light up again.

Part 6: Repeat parts 2 through 5.


Great days

( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Wed 26 Nov 2008, 10:04, 4 replies)

why did they do that ?
my old man used to insist on smoking when I was in the back of his 2 door car, and it ALWAYS made me sick.

Ruined my worzel gummidge t-shirt with tizer sick that did.

bastard
(Reverend Samson Fapohunda B3tan, B3tan, B3tan, B3tan, Wed 26 Nov 2008, 12:31, closed)

Marina's are awesome
I'd give you a good beating if you threw up in mine as well.

You'd probably like that though..
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 26 Nov 2008, 13:50, closed)

Didn't Marinas have some of the first square headlights
so that if one frove up behind you in the dark you thought it was a police car and bricked it?
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Wed 26 Nov 2008, 14:03, closed)

Blaarrrrg!
This is why I don't smoke and was never tempted. Dad chain smoked on every journey and I was carsick the whole way. Five fucking am on vacation and he would light up! I surprised none of us ever barfed while we were asleep and choked on it ala John Bonham.
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Wed 26 Nov 2008, 15:50, closed)