Monday 2 March 2009

A colourful career in show business.


After buying a set of second hand tyres for my Land Rover some years ago, with disastrous consequences, I swore I’d never buy second hand tyres again. These are they! Ten quid from ‘Wet Paint’ Tony, they will replace the oversize tyres currently fitted to the Jeep. I was over in the land where time stands still (Swadlincote) last week removing these tyres form some Land Rover rims and chatting to Tony and a pal of his, Mick, who owns three tanks. Clank, clank, I’m a tank. They were discussing a Range Rover project Tony is working on for Mick and the fitting of a winch. The conversation went like this:
Tony: ‘You still got that winch?’
Mick: ‘No I lent it to Dave.... you know? Dave who’s in the porno films’
Tony: ‘Oh. Can’t you get it back off him?’
Mick: ‘No. He says it’s on his motor now and he can’t be arsed to remove it and I owed him one anyway.’
Tony: ‘Uh’
Mick: ‘ His missus is pregnant again. It’ll be the fifth.... Bit of a cock up at work’

All fall about laughing.

It was the delivery of the porno film line that amazed me. It was as if discussing someone who was an electrician, or worked in the green grocers. Dave, whoever he is, was in porno films! The tyres seem okay. I’ll fit them tomorrow.

7 comments:

Peter Ashley said...

Great still-life Toby, should be installed in Tate Modern, nevermind on a Landrover.

Ron Combo said...

Was the winch of use in the porno films? Maybe they needed it for the donkey scene.

Affer said...
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Affer said...

I would be more ashamed to admit to being an RBS Banker!! I think porno films present a lot of openings for an upright member of society.

Toby Savage said...

Nah Mate, the bottoms dropped out of it these days.

Affer said...

That's sad, Toby. Anything you could put your finger on?

Diplomate said...

The 70's porno movie soundtrack - greatly mis-understood genre.