** The Farmer & Dobbin **
Desmond,
who was a real town dweller, drove his car into a ditch when out on
the country roads. Luckily, a local farmer was passing by with his big
strong horse called Dobbin.
He hitched Dobbin up to the car and shouted loudly, "Pull, Dolly, pull!" Dobbin didn’t move one inch.
Then the farmer yelled, "Pull, Robbie, pull." Still Dobbin failed to respond.
Once more the farmer commanded in a stentorian voice, "Pull, Ringo, pull." Again - nothing.
Then
the farmer nonchalantly and quietly muttered, "Pull, Dobbin, pull."
Immediately the horse easily dragged the car out of the ditch.
Desmond
was very appreciative but also very curious. He asked the farmer why
he called his horse by a different name three times.
The
farmer whispered by way of reply, "Oh, Dobbin is blind and if he
thought he was the only one pulling, he wouldn’t even try."
** The Car Thief - A strange but true story **
To
all those who smirked at this week's news that male drivers waste six
million hours a year by refusing to admit they are lost, here is a
salutary tale, funny but true, of Michael Chapman, arrested and charged
with stealing a car after stopping to ask for directions at the house
of the car owner's father.
Chapman, 54,
allegedly stole the motor in Hopedale, some 130 miles from Columbus,
Ohio, and drove it for three miles before stopping randomly to ask the
way at the house of Thomas Eltringham, who instantly recognised the gold
Buick as his daughter Norma's.
See where admitting your ignorance gets you?
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