Can you get my new psis pot?

[Less]

Oh begger this wireless keyboard it got it wrong again! The title should be Can you get my new passport?

This is the reason I was over in Liverpool today, Sat Nav' ain't it wonderful? I knew that since the last time I had been to scouseland the passport office had moved so although I knew the way to the 'pool where that office was I'd no idea, however, it took me straight there (goddam annoying woman with a plummy voice why did you have to be right?).

O.K. so my mate hates driving anywhere except local, crazy when you think he spent 20 or so years all over the world as a second engineer in the Merchant Navy, but that's life.

So we drive to the passport office, no parking, I stop on double yellows and there are wardens everywhere, (I did think of bringing one back for Blackburn Road), before I got the car out of gear and the handbrake on one of them is knocking on the window.

Deep breath, from the warden, you can't park here Sir, you must move on, no problem say I, just dropping this chap off then I'll move.

He stood there while my mate got out of the car even though there where loads of very expensive cars unoccupied parked on double yellows within ten yards.

Mate gets out and heads for passport office. I shoot off to find somewhere to park, I play ring a ring the rosies until I find a park and display point three streets away, get out of the car and the machine gives a choice of times, I choose the £3.00 slot nicely between the half hour and the two hour slot you can pay for, after all I don't know how long he's going to be.

Before I go to join him I decide to eat the sandwich I had bought when we filled up with petrol, delicious! Then I had a fag, oh nicely relaxed, I'll go see how he's doing at the passport office.

He is stood most agitated outside the passport office and relief fills his face when he sees me, where's the car he says. Parked three streets away I reply, why is he agitated? Because when that warden rushed him out of the car he left the documents on the back seat and it's ten to ten the passport people say if he doesn't have them there for ten he'll have to come back tomorrow.

It's just a month since his sixtieth birthday but if we can give our young athletes the incentive that guy had to run to and from that car in time to get his psis pot, (sorry keyboard again), we will win every gold in the 2012 Olympics.

The day doesn't end there, but if you want to know more about it let me know below.

[Neil]

go on then Uncle Less please tell us more

[steeljack]

ok , maybe I am dumb .........but why does a Govt. office which sounds like it is covering the whole of the North-west, and probably serving a population of 6 million plus, not have a car-park ?

[Less]

Originally Posted by steeljack

ok , maybe I am dumb .........but why does a Govt. office which sounds like it is covering the whole of the North-west, and probably serving a population of 6 million plus, not have a car-park ?

No you aren't dumb, this is only a small island with a very large number of people, (Though it is rumoured 10% of them do speak ENGLISH, sorry I mean american), therefore we have to share our parking spaces equally.

(In actual fact, until you mentioned it, I hadn't realised how silly this really is),

Goddammit, if you build any more public buildings put it where you can have a car park that can cope with your customers.

[Less]

Originally Posted by Less

It's just a month since his sixtieth birthday but if we can give our young athletes the incentive that guy had to run to and from that car in time to get his psis pot, (sorry keyboard again), we will win every gold in the 2012 Olympics.

The day doesn't end there, but if you want to know more about it let me know below.

Notice the mistake there?

No, none of you did, it took my poor mate a long time to catch his breath and pant at me, why for FLUKES sake, Why Didn't you bring me back in the car?
We ran all the way to it, we used the fob to unlock it knowing this is a City and therefore safety first, so we locked it again.

Then Ran All The Way Back!

Weeeee'lllll a person can't be to careful in a strange place.

[shillelagh]

Well just think of all the carbon you were saving when you ran plus it will get you fit and so then drink more on saturday at the meet!!!

[MUMMIBOO]

Well did he get his passport then?

[Lolly]

The last time I went, the passport office was in The India Building (which is practically behind the Liver Building), no parking at all. We had to park near Lime Street station a good 20minute walk away. But this is just city centres for you. I know loads of people who live in city centres and none of them drive.

So did your mate get his passport or where the workers of the passport office to anxious to get to the pub???

[Sara]

Please Less finish the story, i want to hear the rest.