"Hey! Look! He's stealing that car!"
"Hey! Look! He's stealing that car!" I said to me charming wife as we watched a young man jemmy the door to an Austin Maestro - of all vehicles - jump in and start the engine.

"Hey! Look! It's a police car!" said me charming wife as - by coincidence rather than design - the Thames Valley force's finest came round the corner.

"Hey! Look out for that lamp post!" the young man's accomplice mouthed as he gunned the car down the road, displaying all the driving skills you'd expect from a teenage car thief.

Here's a thing: A car hitting a lamp post at high speed actually does go "SPA-A-A-A-ANG!", a noise which fortunately masked the sound of the young car thief's neck breaking and killing him to death.

Crime: It does not pay.
( Scaryduck dot com LIKES EGG, Mon 18 Feb 2008, 15:27, closed)

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And it got a Maestro off the road, so bit of a result there.
(osok Rebel Without A Clue. But with a job of sorts, Mon 18 Feb 2008, 16:53, )

That's the bit that shook me up
He died stealing a sodding Maestro.

"Other cars are available"
( Scaryduck dot com LIKES EGG, Mon 18 Feb 2008, 16:55, )

Epiphany (sp?)
Perhaps after stealing the maestro, he had his 'moment of clarity' and immediately killed himself in shame and embarrassment for his poor taste, repenting his sin by "SPA-A-A-A-ANG!"-ing the lamppost for the greater good?
(Greencloud Wanted to go fishing on, Mon 18 Feb 2008, 17:00, )