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Four squad cars arrived outisde the office this morning asking if I can help with their enquiries into a vehicle which was reported by a train driver to have overtaken the 10 oclock Glasgow-London express train.
The vehicle was later caught on camera south of Penrith driven by someone who looked like a convict, with another occupant in the front passenger seat wearing a ridiculous stripy shirt.
I have advised that the registration was correct and that it was indeed my car but that the driver and passenger were in fact hitchhikers that jimi and I spotted outside a service station just south of Glasgow.
To our amazement the two individuals were spitting images of ourselves and hence we felt we were bound by fate to offer them a lift. They were soaked by the rain and we gave them a change of clothes from our kit bag - and as our near-perfect body doubles in size and stature and facial appearance they fitted our spare clothes perfectly.
On speaking with them during the first part of our journey southwards it transpired that they worked for a professional car delivery firm, and each clocked up over 150,000 miles per year. The insurance allows anyone aged over thirty to drive, and thus as obviously far more experienced drivers than either jimi or myself we pulled over at the next service station to let them take over. They piloted the vehicle south whilst jimi and I dozed in the rear seats, and I eventually took over driving duties again as they took their leave at the Reading services on the M4, before proceeding homewards alone.
Unfortuantely, as jimi and I were very tired and slept for most of the journey we can't remember the names of our drivers, but for identification purposes, as I said, they looked *exactly* like us. There wasn't any real issue of trust or any danger of them stealing the car, partly as the vehicle has a tracker device and of course they not only looked like us but we could instantly tell had the same outlook on life and our high moral values as well.
The police didn't seem entirely pleased with my explanation, but departed shortly afterwards, saying that they had to leave for Scotland to investigate a raft of recent incidents including assault, willful damage of lavatory plumbing, misuse of VHF radio, and many more.
The vehicle was later caught on camera south of Penrith driven by someone who looked like a convict, with another occupant in the front passenger seat wearing a ridiculous stripy shirt.
I have advised that the registration was correct and that it was indeed my car but that the driver and passenger were in fact hitchhikers that jimi and I spotted outside a service station just south of Glasgow.
To our amazement the two individuals were spitting images of ourselves and hence we felt we were bound by fate to offer them a lift. They were soaked by the rain and we gave them a change of clothes from our kit bag - and as our near-perfect body doubles in size and stature and facial appearance they fitted our spare clothes perfectly.
On speaking with them during the first part of our journey southwards it transpired that they worked for a professional car delivery firm, and each clocked up over 150,000 miles per year. The insurance allows anyone aged over thirty to drive, and thus as obviously far more experienced drivers than either jimi or myself we pulled over at the next service station to let them take over. They piloted the vehicle south whilst jimi and I dozed in the rear seats, and I eventually took over driving duties again as they took their leave at the Reading services on the M4, before proceeding homewards alone.
Unfortuantely, as jimi and I were very tired and slept for most of the journey we can't remember the names of our drivers, but for identification purposes, as I said, they looked *exactly* like us. There wasn't any real issue of trust or any danger of them stealing the car, partly as the vehicle has a tracker device and of course they not only looked like us but we could instantly tell had the same outlook on life and our high moral values as well.
The police didn't seem entirely pleased with my explanation, but departed shortly afterwards, saying that they had to leave for Scotland to investigate a raft of recent incidents including assault, willful damage of lavatory plumbing, misuse of VHF radio, and many more.
