Them single tracks is buggers.
A few years back one of the local lads drove into the back of a tourist's car on one of the single-track roads we have around here. This isn't uncommon, but unfortunately he'd been having a bit of a drink and decided that since not much damage had been done to either car, discretion would be the better part of valour and he drove off without stopping.

To judge by the amount of shouting and arm waving that went on the tourist took a different view of the matter and, we are to assume, called the police.

Now, our lad driving off thought this might happen and despite the onslaught of whisky interfering with his thought processes devised a cunning plan.

He parked the car off the road and, after smashing the drivers side window, phoned the police himself and reported his car stolen.

This masterstroke might have actually worked if he hadn't been so pissed that he was still hiding in the bush next to the car, giggling, when the police arrived twenty minutes later.

I didn't witness the crime itself, but did drive past at the moment of discovery. The police were literally bent double laughing. (at least I assume that's why they were bent double, it might have been to get a better line of sight with the pepper spray)
(richardm, Tue 19 Feb 2008, 18:05, 1 reply)

ha
A criminal mastermind in the making!
Made me make a weird kind of snorty laughing sound. Brilliant.
(unciebana It's good, but it's not right., Wed 20 Feb 2008, 0:58, closed)