What kind of truck do you want now...YES right now

[dessa14]

Adrian, is that a Aston martin DB9...? if it is it costs lots of monies.

[Adrian II]

Dessa14, AntiochusIII, that is the Aston Marton V8 Vantage and I believe it costs around £80,000. Hence its nickname of 'banker's car'. I can not afford it, but I can afford to look at it. That is enough. I find it reassuring that it exists amid all the wind tunnel floozies, Sports Ugliness Vehicles and designer nightmares that are called 'cars' these days.

[English assassin]

Dessa14, AntiochusIII, that is the Aston Marton V8 Vantage and I believe it costs around £80,000. Hence its nickname of 'banker's car'. I can not afford it, but I can afford to look at it. That is enough. I find it reassuring that it exists amid all the wind tunnel floozies, Sports Ugliness Vehicles and designer nightmares that are called 'cars' these days.

Is that deputy prime minister John Prescott looking at it in the picture? Its bad enough we have to pay for two Jaguars for him, he needn't think he's getting a bloody Aston Martin too.

A few years back our senior partner paid himself a bonus and went out and bought one of these with it. We were all rather annoyed. A few weeks after this scandal, I passed him in the morning on my way to work, him cocooned in his Aston Martin, purring quietly (and the car made a nice noise too), me on my old pushbike fighting the usual losing battles with bus drivers.

I thought there was something very wrong about that scenario, somehow. And yes the word "banker" did cross my mind.

Even further off topic its bad enough that the Dutch speak better English than the English, but when they start using rhyming slang too it really is depressing.

Anyway, I don't want a truck, as I am not a farmer, nor do I have unusually small genitals. I would quite like a Triumph Rocket III though, if I can ever work out the old paying-yourself-a-bonus trick. 0-casualty in about 2.5 seconds, lovely

[Adrian II]

Is that deputy prime minister John Prescott looking at it in the picture?

The gentleman in the picture obviously works out. So, apparently, does his career. John Prescott is a fat git whose career is going nowhere.

[English assassin]

John Prescott is a fat git whose career is going nowhere.

Come on. He is deputy prime minister, which is a great job title with no work at all attached to it. (In contrast to, say, "First Sea Lord", which IMHO is the best job title in the UK, but sadly involves running the entire Royal Navy. Admittedly this now consists of two small skiffs and a rubber duck called Errol, but its still more work than Prescott has to do)

Also he gets to punch voters, welsh voters to boot, and everyone loves it. I speak from experience when I say the frustrated desire to punch idiot voters is a leading cause of stress in the political classes. So I'd say in terms of a political career this is about as good as it gets.

He is a fat git though, fair enough.

[Adrian II]

Also he gets to punch voters, welsh voters to boot, and everyone loves it.

Since when is that the privilege of British politicians? I remember punching a few on holiday, usually after pub closing time when they would try and vent their frustration for losing their sole purpose in life on unsuspecting tourists. Prescott packs a fine right, but that is mainly due to arm exercise in similar locations over the years. Which goes a long way toward explaining why John Prescott is, indeed, a fat git.

[dessa14]

of all the cars in world, i want a DB5, now how awesome would that be... stinking italian job ruining that beutiful car :Fist shaking smilie: damnit why doesn't that one exist. yeah damnit
this'll have to do

[Adrian II]

of all the cars in world, i want a DB5, now how awesome would that be... stinking italian job ruining that beutiful car :Fist shaking smilie: damnit why doesn't that one exist. yeah damnit
this'll have to do

Eh?

[Mouzafphaerre]

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I want a diesel Audi someday.
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