Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!yynet.tama.tokyo.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!202.215.53.66!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Licensed to drive Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 13:08:27 +0900 Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4099BA3B.3040303@hotmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.215.53.66 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1083816680 2445093 I 202.215.53.66 ([139419]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:13774 Murgi wrote: > "it was probably cos they didnt want the extra paperwork" someone in the > >>back row said. > > I don't think so. They never let me off the hook. A few years back (94?) I got left off the hook around Xmas time. I was driving a date towards a lover's lane kinda spot when we were waved over for a random check - from memory the only random breath test I've had in this country. Licence please... I had my Austrian licence in my wallet, but couldn't find the international permit in my bag. Went through the bag thoroughly handing laptop, phone, dictionaries etc one by one to my date. Terribly sorry officer I think I've left it in the office... He let me off. And forgot to ask me whether or not we had indulged in a lovely bottle of red over dinner. I have never been let off anything since though. 1 parking fine, 1 speeding fine. > You were just lucky, or you must have frightened them quite a bit... > What can we expect in the weeks to come after your frequent problems (armed > robbery, shooting rampage)?:-) If things start getting boring around here should I offer him the opportunity to babysit goldfish? store fermenting bottled beer? Instead of dead goldfish and the odd explosion, gawd knows what Elbow could turn it into. -- "Oh don't give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit/ No, don't you give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit/ For my head will fly, my tongue will lie, my eyes will fry and I may die/ Won't you pour me one more of that sinful Old Janx Spirit"