Archive for November, 2010
CHOKING
by Martyn on Nov.14, 2010, under Other, Personal
Kim’s mother was getting a new car. And as Kim used to borrow her mother’s car to get to work she was quite excited when her mother told her she was getting a new car.
“It’s going to be a Nissan Micra – the car that I learned to drive in” she told Miranda.
“That’ll be great” commented Miranda. I said nothing.
After about a week of anticipation Kim arrived one morning having driven the new car into work. She was in quite a huff.
“It’s not new – it’s a used car. I was expecting a new car but it’s not – it’s old. It’s an old car not brand new”
Miranda replied as positively as she could to Kim’s disappointment.
“Oh – an old car! Does it have a Choke?”
“Does it have a what?”
“A Choke.”
“What’s one of those?”
“Oh I don’t know – but I know that old cars have them.”
“No – I don’t think it does have one of those.”
I suddenly felt very old.
