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Road comedy

• Richard Fair
• 18 Jul 07, 08:53 PM

What’s the point of those little signs people stick in the back window of their car? ‘My other car is a Porsche’ – yeah right, like my other wife is Bridget Fonda. ‘Free sex lessons. See driver for details’ – is that after you’ve rejoined the human race? Am I supposed to laugh at these while stuck in seven miles of standing traffic on the M60?

Actually I have laughed twice this week at signs on vans. The first one was written in the dirt on the back of a white van ‘There are only two tools in this van’. I kept in the driver’s blind spot in case he and his mate saw the tears on my cheeks.

Then this morning on my way to the Tatton Flower Show I saw another van that made me laugh. This time the message was painted on. It said ‘This vehicle was supplied after a non-fault accident’. What in blazes is a non-fault accident? In the eyes of every insurance company none of their drivers are at fault, it’s always the other guy to blame even though he was on holiday in Poland at the time you drove into his 2CV. Or am I wrong. Perhaps they have a whole fleet of vans all painted up ready for every occasion. ‘This vehicle was supplied after an accident caused by the driver reversing into a tree while painting their toenails.’

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Staying with cars and things like that, they don't come very often, but when they do it's well worth the wait. I'm talking of course about postings on the . His latest offering reveals the . Enjoy and perhaps consider public transport in the future.

Can I say thanks to for posting a picture of Homer Simpson next to the Cerne Abbas giant. I heard about it on the radio but missed it in the papers.