You know those scooter things? Not the ones like motorbikes, I mean those ones for disabled people, so they can do their shopping or something.
There you go, I got you a piccy. You know what I mean now? Well, my grandma's got one of them. Except Grandma isn't very good at driving it. She's on her ninth one, after crashing the other eight. (I am not exaggerating here). And a couple of weeks ago, she crashed it again.
Except, this time, she didn't crash into a wall. (That's her favourite trick. You should see the state of the hallway in her flat. She likes doing 360 degree turns in there. It's scary.) Nope, she managed to fall in a hole. A gas pipe maintenance hole.
So, Grandma and this scooter are in this hole. So, fish 'em out, they'll be fine, that's what you're thinking. Except that with my Grandma, nothing is ever straighforward. You see, the guys doing the maintenance say that they can't move the scooter (which is on top of her) in case they crack the pipe. I should probably explain at this point that the model she has is like the Land Rover of scooters. It's huge, very solid and very heavy. She used to tip the three-wheel ones over for fun.
So, Grandma had to sit in the hole for 2 hours, while they phoned the fire brigade to come fish her and the scooter out. No wonder she has AA membership for it, is it?
There you go, I got you a piccy. You know what I mean now? Well, my grandma's got one of them. Except Grandma isn't very good at driving it. She's on her ninth one, after crashing the other eight. (I am not exaggerating here). And a couple of weeks ago, she crashed it again.
Except, this time, she didn't crash into a wall. (That's her favourite trick. You should see the state of the hallway in her flat. She likes doing 360 degree turns in there. It's scary.) Nope, she managed to fall in a hole. A gas pipe maintenance hole.
So, Grandma and this scooter are in this hole. So, fish 'em out, they'll be fine, that's what you're thinking. Except that with my Grandma, nothing is ever straighforward. You see, the guys doing the maintenance say that they can't move the scooter (which is on top of her) in case they crack the pipe. I should probably explain at this point that the model she has is like the Land Rover of scooters. It's huge, very solid and very heavy. She used to tip the three-wheel ones over for fun.
So, Grandma had to sit in the hole for 2 hours, while they phoned the fire brigade to come fish her and the scooter out. No wonder she has AA membership for it, is it?
