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Post by oldmoleskins on Mar 10, 2009 19:03:38 GMT
I have a very much all-time favourite author called Pete McCarthy, whose book 'McCarthy's Bar' is a tale of travels round Ireland, stopping at any bar with the name McCarthy over it. There's quite a few.
Having been stung on an early trip by the car-hire company, he decides to buy a car for another, an elderly Volvo. At some point, he notices that tufts of sooty, feathery stuff is protruding from the huge tailpipe, and concludes, against all logic, that somehow a blackbird has flown up his exhaust. Of course, it isn't that at all, the amused mechanics he asks to fix it pull out some feet of wadding, part of the silencer.
Today, I returned to my car, and elderly Volvo, to find tufts of sooty feathery stuff protruding from the huge tailpipe. My immediate reaction was a 'well, **** me, a blackbird's flown up there, what's the chances of that?'
I tugged gingerly at a wingtip to find it was just sooty wadding.
Then I remembered the story.
Please tell me this is plausible, and not another example of the onset of early dementia. I suppose the fact that I remembered McCarthy, eventually, is in my favour.
If you have been, thanks for listening.
OM.
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Post by Barbara on Mar 10, 2009 19:21:04 GMT
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Post by Ruthie on Mar 10, 2009 19:22:37 GMT
OK OM. This is plausible and not another example of the onset of early dementia  |
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Post by MamIDdau on Mar 10, 2009 19:39:33 GMT
What was the question again?
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Post by nightowl on Mar 11, 2009 8:29:11 GMT
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Post by Barbara on Mar 11, 2009 9:10:58 GMT
Had you been sniffing that cider again OM. ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Mar 11, 2009 9:58:45 GMT
perfectly possible I'd have thought OM. I've read that book too vg it is.
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Post by Plocket on Mar 11, 2009 17:41:33 GMT
Hum!!! I'm not sure how to respond!!! ;D
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Post by Spruance on Mar 11, 2009 22:16:14 GMT
Not up the exhaust pipe OM but some years ago I had a young blackbird in the engine compartment.  I'm guessing it hopped in whilst the car was parked, because I heard it cheeping as I drove along, and it was released unharmed on lifting the bonnet. |
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Post by maggy on Mar 11, 2009 22:22:29 GMT
Good story anyway OM Ill have to look for that book as I might have something in common with McCarthy as we went round Ireland looking for all the pubs and shops named Hogan my MN
Sorry no help with tail pipe query ;D sure you didnt back up in a field.!!!!?
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