On my stroll to the corner shop some mornings I pass a large middle-aged lady riding in a buggy - the poor love her legs are obviously no longer able to support her considerable weight so she has to manouvre in one of those shop mobility scooter things. So this morning I was casually glancing at the paper whilst eating my breakfast when who do I see staring back at me but the exact same lady. The story went that she had been out doing her xmas shopping and unable to carry all the bags had placed her 12lb turkey in the front basket of her scooter. On her way back down the street the sheer weight of the turkey had caused the basket to snap & the turkey to fall onto the controls of her scooter. The pressing on these buttons sent her scooter careering off the pavement & into the road into the path of the incoming traffic. It was a miracle she wasn't hurt. I shouldn't laugh but realli! Unable to contain this tale of woe I recounted it to a friend amidst a fit of giggles as she is a minor celeb around these parts with her peroxide blonde locks.
A few days later my friend calls me up only to tell me that passing that very same road in the afternoon she witnessed the event I had described being reconstructed - amazing! Were they making a documentary to raise awareness of the dangers of carrying 12lb turkeys in scooter baskets? Or maybe it was a crime watch film appealing for witnesses to this henious crime?
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