The following took place in a Peugeot 206 between the hours of 1.30 and 3.30 p.m on Friday August 24th.
DRIVING INSTRUCTOR: All set? Fine. To start the lesson, just ease out of the space and then turn right on leaving the car park.
VIKI (edging carefully forwards): Ok. (Unaccountably flooring it as soon as the open road is in sight) Oops.
DRIVING INSTRUCTOR (slowly relinquishing vice-like grip on dashboard and pulling foot back up through gaping hole in floor where dual controls used to be): Not to worry. Now, if I just reverse us off the grass verge, you can try that again.
VIKI (tight-lipped): Ok. Sorry.
DRIVING INSTRUCTOR reverses. VIKI inhales deeply, and attempts to manouevre up slope with car in neutral and handbrake engaged. DRIVING INSTRUCTOR smiles thinly, points to gear stick, and releases handbrake. VIKI stifles a sob.
DRIVING INSTRUCTOR: There we go. Turn right, please.
VIKI: Yup, right. (Switches on windscreen wipers; releases clutch whilst blithely ignoring gas pedal) Oh dear. Backwards.
DRIVING INSTRUCTOR (in slightly hysterical tones): HANDBRAKE!
VIKI (makes desperate lunge for handbrake; grabs radio tuner.) This isn't going too well, is it?
DRIVING INSTRUCTOR (swigging Bach's Rescue Remedy straight from bottle) It'll be fine. Right indicator, please.
VIKI indicates, makes a great show of looking left and right, and pulls out into the path of an oncoming juggernaut.
DRIVING INSTRUCTOR (screaming): So we're going now, are we? Put your foot down, then!
VIKI looks ostentatiously in rear view mirror, feigns ignorance of gesticulating truck driver, and accelerates to 13 mph.
DRIVING INSTRUCTOR: A little faster, if you feel comfortable. And do try to stay on your side of the road.
VIKI (swerves wildly and veers onto pavement. Pedestrians flee). Did I mention I passed my theory test yesterday? How long 'til I can go for the practical, do you think?
DRIVING INSTRUCTOR is last seen vaulting out of the window, tearing hair from her bleeding scalp and gibbering about how she never really wanted to be a driving instructor.
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
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With thanks to Graeme
6 comments:
Where do you live again Viki and am I far enough away from you?
lol! I'm currently in Sale, but will soon be in Leigh. And trust me, when I floor it without knowing how or why, NOWHERE is far enough away.
It is an awful time! You will be the first person never to be able to drive! How comes all these other people can drive? Half of them are Ninnies!
Then one day, the centre of the brain, which you use when you are learning, hands over to the outside of the brain - it all becomes automatic and you wonder why you worried.
Its like swimming really er, gurgle, excuse me bubble, HELp! Gurgle!!!!
lol, John! I wonder if my brain is like a doughnut...
And to think that one of my neighbours is currently training to be a driving instructor....
Buy that neighbour some valium...
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