Traffic cones and more
Was on a night out with my mates and I was designated driver for the evening so we were having a journey around different pubs than we would normally go in.

Parked up in one car park next to a pub and one of my mates clocks a skip full of all highway signs, traffic cones and flashing lights. I think roadworks had just finished there, but no-one was around.

He decided that he wanted a flashing lights for his bedroom, when I had a brainwave. Why don't we steal a load of roadworks and go and block off another street.

We went in the pub and hatched our plan. Drank our drinks and made sure noone was around in the car park. I had an old Metro at the time and we packed as much stuff in there as we possibly could - cones, lights, barriers, signs instructing pedestrians to keep to the left - all sorts.

All piled in the car, we had a bit of a drive to find a suitable road. Found it in the shape of a cul-de-sac and after 2 drive-bys started action.

I stayed in the car, accelerator primed and ready to go while the other lads hopped out and literally blocked the entrance to the avenue with load of barriers. Men at work signs were strategically placed, signs telling pedestrians where to go, cones, flashing lights - everything needed to block of a road.

Job done, everyone dived back in the car and we disappeared into the night. When I say night, it was only around 9.00pm so we had to come back later on to survey our works and see if anything had been moved.

1.00am and we are back there again, cars all parked at the end of the avenue and not a single barrier moved out of place.

We went back the next night and it was still untouched, only being moved by the following night. The skip also disappeared at the same time from the pub car park.

Cheers
(brocky, Sat 12 Jan 2008, 8:18, Reply)