I'm not one of those houseproud people,
so if I get guests without warning I'm usually embarrassed by unhoovered
carpets or a large holding pattern of washing up.
I'm also not one of those carproud
people. I wash the car very carefully once each year so that I can put a coat of
wax on it, and after that it gets a slapdash wash on the rare occasions that I
can be bothered. At the weekend I unexpectedly exhibited it in a car show. The
marshal on the gate persuaded me that I should exhibit rather than attend as
they needed the support, it was the same price, and I would get a better
parking space. The car was embarrassingly dirty. You could clearly see finger
marks in the brake dust on the wheels from the last time I changed them. The
front numberplate was pretty much illegible from dead insects. The bodywork was
covered with a layer of dust, grime and tyre marks. Worse the dashboard still
has a bits of masking tape with hand written checklists on them. It was
displayed amongst very clean and well presented vehicles.
I had, that very morning, taken some of
the dead insects off the windscreen and headlights in a concession to road
safety.
Richard "chillin' in the car they spent
all day waxin'" B
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