10 July 2001
It was about this time yesterday I went out on a quick food run to the nearby Tesco Metro and as I crossed to the south pavement of Oxford Street I noticed one of those guys pushing one of those big white automatic street sweepers that look like a zamboni (no, I didn't know what a zamboni was either, so I never got all those Snoopy jokes until they were finally explained to me, I always confused zamboni with zucchini)
He stopped, flipped the brakes on and turned to start gathering up some trash on a bench. With his attention elsewhere he didn't see the eight-year old boy go up to the machine and, obviously thinking that this was a free ride or co-operative venture, release the brakes. The street-sweeper trundled slowly forward towards Oxford St's never ending traffic.
I'd assume the guy caught up with it but I was too busy laughing at the irony that despite a lack of qualified teachers in this country, kids are still smart enough to cause havoc with complex machinery you need qualifications to use.
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