Earlier this week my poor little car suffered terribly with the cold snap and I needed to get a new battery. After a jump start, I managed to get to Kwik Fit and had an enjoyable session staring in to space in the waiting room.
After a while, I zoned in to a conversation going on between two of the other customers. It was one of those delightfully random conversations you get when two chatty strangers are bored. Given the location, they ran the gamut of motoring topics, before focusing in on garages. Like a bad observational comedy routine they talked about how they're full of bikes and other assorted junk, and how you can't get in them. Then I heard the following:
WOMAN: There's one woman in our street who actually puts her car in the garage....every night!
MAN: Unbelievable!!
NB: The two exclamation marks don't do any justice to the incredulity in his voice.
Now, it's fair enough to say that most people don't use their garages for cars. But is it appropriate to be amazed that someone is using something for its intended purpose? I really don't know what this country is coming to.
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