Lame Excuses

Just overheard a conservation between a bloke and a traffic warden. . He was parked on the zig zags on a zebra crossing . His excuse was ' Sorry , I don't live round here so I didn't know ' .

Rubbish.. .thats a 4 pointer on your licence...on the approach or exit

At least they are enforcing the regulation there.

I regularly see vehicles parked in the excluded area adjacent to crossings, and police cars drive by paying no attention to them.

What do the police do at the best of times now adays

Ena that is disgusting ignorance by GMP. . It is an endorsable offence and should be treated as a danger to pedestrians. . Get their reg no and dob them in to the GMP website. .all vehicles have a driver's record and the culprit can be identified for their neglect.

Lame? Are you American MrsC?

That's a negative Eggbeater . I'm a Limey Broad sure nuff

I do dislike Americanisms in our language . Is lame excuse particularly American do you think?

Lame excuse is not an Americanism.

posted by: Tommy Two Stroke (14730)

Lame excuse is not an Americanism.

eggbeater is though

Eggbeater in the sense “small, hand-operated rotary appliance used for beating eggs” has existed in English since the 1830s. Eggbeater in the sense “helicopter” was originally an American slang term used by pilots of fixed-wing aircraft for the newfangled helicopter, the rotary action of whose blades looked to them somewhat like the rotary action of the familiar kitchen appliance. Eggbeater in the aircraft sense dates from the 1930s.
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