Chris Timson Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 I'm sorry, I don't usually pass this sort of thing on, but this made me laugh like a drain:- The DVLA at Swansea is sending out warning letters to drivers as follows : "In order to assist other motorists in identifying potentially dangerous drivers, it's now compulsory for anyone with a lower than average driving ability to display a warning flag. The flag (comprising of a red cross on a white background) will be attached to the top of at least one door of their vehicle. For drivers of exceptionally low ability, additional flags are required." Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Thanks Chris printing this off as I am typing. Does it also apply to Lager louts who have this tattood on their foreheads? Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm clapp Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 I'm sorry, I don't usually pass this sort of thing on, but this made me laugh like a drain:-The DVLA at Swansea is sending out warning letters to drivers as follows : "In order to assist other motorists in identifying potentially dangerous drivers, it's now compulsory for anyone with a lower than average driving ability to display a warning flag. The flag (comprising of a red cross on a white background) will be attached to the top of at least one door of their vehicle. For drivers of exceptionally low ability, additional flags are required." Chris Surely not! A little unexpected anti-English sentiment coming out of Wales.... As one who used to live near the (English) end of the Severn Bridge (in the days when there was only one of it!), and having driven regularly in Wales, I think this could be described as the pot calling the kettle black. Or not so much a pot as a little saucepan. Sosban Fach, now there's a lovely tune for concertina! Back on topic! All's well again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Yes, I was home the other week & saw all these flags, they look remarkably like a St. George's cross don't you think ? I thought England must be playing in a football tournament or something, so thanks for putting me right ! (The standard of driving must have got very bad, I saw lots of them, in fact most cars had two, & some even had four !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted June 17, 2004 Author Share Posted June 17, 2004 Sorry, Malcolm, as I said, not readily compehensible outside England. Somebody in China has made literally millions (8 million to date, I've been told) cross of St George flags on sticks, and with the Euro 2004 football competition in full swing, literally millions of people are driving around with these ... things sticking out their car windows. At least, as the spoof suggests, it enable you to spot the loonies from quite a long way away. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Don`t tell anyone Chris but I had one!! I picked it up on the way home from the George on Monday.The nexy day my wife wound down the window as it was a hot day and it was gone forever.Like most of them, if we lose in about two hours from now. As to my driving "No comment". Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Digby Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 I thought it was because we white-washed New Zealand at cricket. Another illusion shattered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 In order to assist other motorists in identifying potentially dangerous drivers, it's now compulsory for anyone with a lower than average driving ability to display a warning flag. The flag (comprising of a red cross on a white background) will be attached to the top of at least one door of their vehicle. I've always expected that of ambulance drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrigglefingers Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Thanks Chris As I surveyed the forest of flags waiting to collect their children in the carpark after school today I realised there was a direct correlation with intelligence (lack thereof) too. (with apologies to Al - just as well it got lost!) J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 My wife agreed with you J,just before she wound the window down. We won 3-0 Where can I get another one? Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm clapp Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 (edited) Sorry, Malcolm, as I said, not readily compehensible outside England. Somebody in China has made literally millions (8 million to date, I've been told) cross of St George flags on sticks, and with the Euro 2004 football competition in full swing, literally millions of people are driving around with these ... things sticking out their car windows. At least, as the spoof suggests, it enable you to spot the loonies from quite a long way away. Chris Thanks, Chris, for the explanation. I had wrongly assumed it was a comment on the driving behaviour, or lack of it, amongst all English drivers, not just the soccer tragics. Remainder of this post deleted by writer. Regards Malcolm Edited to placate off-list emailer who does not share my sense of humour. I apologise to all Welsh drivers and those who believe the words of Sosban Fach (The Little Saucepan) are deep, meaningful and patriotic. Edited June 18, 2004 by malcolm clapp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffwright Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 All this football is wonderful. We havn't watched any and BBC2 have treated us to a season of opera - Britten Turn of the screw, Mozart Don Giovanni and at the weekend, Verdi Faust. Much more relaxing than football and DGio provides some super tunes to play on concertina!! If England don't make it into the quarter final, how many days before we see dead flags everywhere - or are the remedials going to heed the DVLA directive and keep flying the warning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 They make flags like this for the sports teams over here too (I'm near Philadelphia). They're most prominent during the season for a particular sport, but sometimes you'll see a tattered and faded one still on a car months after the season has ended. That's when you know to REALLY keep your distance! Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 The central reservation of the motorway is littered with these flags, some people have not realised that the increased drag not only puts up fuel bills by 2%/ flag, but also peels the flags off the faster you go. Some patriotic person has designed an embelishment whereby the lion symbol is incorporated into the quadrants, but its the lion of Scotland not England. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Schwartz Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Can't we make musicians wear a flag like this too? So that way when you go see a band or performer, and one or more of them are poor musicians, you can know when to duck out for a bathroom or beer break. Just a thought... Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrigglefingers Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Is that why some concertinas have a patch of velcro on both ends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Can't we make musicians wear a flag like this too? So that way when you go see a band or performer, and one or more of them are poor musicians, you can know when to duck out for a bathroom or beer break. How about little flags displaying the letters "Pb", to indicate a fanatic fixation on heavy-metal music.? (The only concertinas they would play would be those with lead-weighted reeds, of course.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted June 20, 2004 Author Share Posted June 20, 2004 (edited) Is that why some concertinas have a patch of velcro on both ends? Almost. Warning flags are issued to all non-Aeola players in the hope that they might take heed before it is too late. Chris PS I note that at the top of the screen as I write there is an "Ad by Google" that is trying to inveigle me into trying "Jeffries Banking". Feel as if I'm being bowled a bit of a googly there. Edited June 20, 2004 by Chris Timson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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