Ripped OffA friend who worked in a second hand record shop told us about a Japanese guy who regularly bought "rare" records in their shop. One time, he was looking for a signed copy of "Never Mind the Bollocks".
They didn't have one. Four people and one magic marker later, they did. Ker-ching!
How have you been ripped off? Who did you rip off? Are you a British Gas customer?
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chthonic, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 16:28)
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Awful Romeo Part IIMy post has generated quite a bit of sympathetic responses, even more so than my post about a demented ex-wife!
Fact is that there is something about my Awful 156. First off, it's genuinely beautiful with curves in the right places without being effete. The V6 engine has a drink problem unseen since Oliver Reid was taken from us but it does have one thing going for it. It sounds awesome.
Indeed, the designers actually parked a prototype in a recording studio so that they could get the noise tuned just right. The sound of six Italian cylinders barking away at 6,500rpm will raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Guaranteed.
Jeremy Clarkson even claims that a female passenger of his acquaintence nearly achieved orgasm in an Awful being driven with gusto.
But then they insist on assembling it with all the due care and attention summoned by an ADHD afflicted eight year old with an plastic model kit. Indeed I would not be surprised to see "Airfix" stamped on the back of some of the plastics used in my car. Every car which rolls off the production line is a "Friday afternoon job", but I can't help but feel some affection for it.
I couldn't see it scrapped. I'd feel genuine sorrow if it were. I really would.
But I would willingly pay money to watch the people who build/sell Awful Romeos publically flogged before being burned at the stake.
(, Fri 16 Feb 2007, 15:36, Reply)
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