Terzo 333

Coming back from work with me mate today and we see a hitch hiker. I, as a rule never pick them up. However, mate says we should, so we did.

He gets in, and puts a fairly heavy bag in the back of the transit van we are in and we set off.

Seems ok so I casually ask what's in the bag. Answer - "mind your own f*cking business"

Couldn't believe he said this but ignored it...bit later on my mate asks him what's in the bag..."mind your own f*cking business"

Well thats it I'm fuming now. Stop the van tell him to get the F out, which he does and leaves the bag in the back of the van...unbelievable

Moral of the story ... don't pick hitch hikers up !

Matt

sillybolls

This is the bit where I say 'what was in the bag?' and you say 'mind your own f**king business'

rallycol

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OK I'll set you up , What was in the bag? (fingers in ears)

Terzo 333

"Mind you're own f*cking business"

Can't believe you p1ssed on my bonfire

rallycol

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You should be out watching the Trackrod not playing on PC's coming from Harrogate

Fuzz

clenched teeth when I read the heading to this post....
glad it turned out ok...
Let the ******* walk

Andy

Terzo 333

Is Fuzz a candidate for hook line and sinker ?

Thanks for the concern though

tony jones

Well what was in the bag?

it really should be handed into the police, even though the man was very rude, it's still his property.

Crapaud62

I mean it could be ANYTHING in the bag

John & Edwina's love child?????

brickboy

It's strange that I almost never see hitchhikers these days. Recently on a long motorway trip I drove through several services deliberately to find people hitching, and saw none.

In the early & mid 80s when I wanted to spend cash on beer & tabs, I used to hitch most weekends from London to Leeds and back. It was like clockwork -- Brent Cross tube, half a mile to the start of the M1, within 20 minutes I'd have a lift, usually in Leeds in 4 hours max. Same coming back on Sunday afternoon.

Strange how its changed.

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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Doing some sort of strange "Initiative Test" thing, in the mid 80s, I hitched from Midhurst to London, to Glasgow, across to Edinburgh, to Newcastle, to Hexham, back to Newcastle & down to London inside 36hrs.

Involved a bit of walking but that's what its all about

Mice_Elf

Could you not go out in London??

paulr

I occasionally pick up hitch-hikers,depending on what they look like.Picked up one a few months ago going from Nottingham to Oxford.Turned out he lived on the Falls Road,Belfast....pretty decent guy actually.
Makes a boring journey a bit more interesting.

Its true that you dont see as many as you used to though

alcazar

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As an HGV driver, I reckon that one of the reasons you don't see that many now is that most haulage companies forbid their drivers to pick up hitchers on pain of dismissal.
Something to do with securing the load/wagon.
Obviously, if wagons aren't picking up, most journeys won't get completed.
I'd never pick up someone unless I was on my own, I know a couple of people who've had their seats slashed by folk in the back. Then there was that guy who stabbed taxi drivers with a stilletto, right through the back of their seats. Scary.
Alcazar

Fuzz

Is that fishing line wrapped wround my neck ?

Yup

Andy

brickboy

MiceElf: let's just say I had recreational activities at both ends of the M1

fast bloke

Paulr - that is really strange - I gave a guy from the Falls a lift last week. It wasn't in Oxford though... it was ... well... erm... on the Falls.

So what did you do with the bag Terzo?

Mice_Elf

BrickBoy....ah hah....Nuff said..