When back at school
and in the days when students got their loan cheques in one lump sum at the start of the year, we had a couple of people come from the local university to talk to us about every day student life, dealing with finances and stuff. They were actually very good.

They told a tale about someone at their uni who, not realising that the cheque was for the whole year, went out and bought, of all the things in the world...

...a bloody speedboat.

He bought it off an ad in the paper and couldn't get his money back either. Still, my guess is he was a legend.
(Tiny Blindfolded Horse Kitten sound car horns would end road rage, Sun 24 May 2009, 17:25, Reply)