No One Hides from Big Al...
Is
something wrong, or in the case of Computer Cab, is something Wong!
Glancing through a list of the Directors in our NW London friends'
company, those names appearing are Hung Khim Wong, Boon Leong Ong,
Tin How Phua and Hung Siang Lim!
Look, I only went
to Rye in Sussex for three days. Did I miss something while I was
away or has the Com Cab Rugby Club changed tack and opened up a
take-away business???
Mr T the diver? He's got the wet suit!
News to cheer the heavy heart! The loveable Allen Togwell (well, I
like him!) together with his sidekick KC - minus the Sunshine Band -
had decided to invest in a spot of lunch on the opposite side of
City Road. With the recent changed weather from summer back to
winter, the heavens had opened leaving pockets of rain all over the
place. Puddles were combining to form multi-conglomerates! Yup, it
sure was wet!
So out of the building went our two
smart heroes - totally ignoring the unkempt waiting press, but then
again everyone ignores me - out towards the main City Road they
strode with their Dial-a-Cab golfing brolly's stretched open to
their full extent, while still looking immaculate. But fate decrees
who looks immaculate and who doesn't.
Looking both
ways before stepping out (are you listening, kiddies), the mighty
twosome put their best feet forward allowing the necessary two
seconds for the one approaching car to get past. It passed, but
didn't keep to the straightest of lines, deliberately swerving in
order to go through the biggest puddle seen this side of Armageddon!
The result was a total soaking for Mr T and a slightly lesser
dampening for Keith Cain who was gallantly protected from the
gushing tide by his taller compatriot!
Who was
responsible, I know not. It wasn't a taxi, but the driver could have
been anyone. Of course none of our drivers would be callous enough
to deliberately drench a fellow human being. And as for the waiting
press, there was no need for him to doff his cap as they squelched
back into the reception before being told by Tammy to go through the
drivers entrance as she didn't want her carpet to get wet...!
Sad, but it could always have been worse. They may have been on
their way to the AGM! Of course, had they been wearing the new
waterproof uniform, all problems would have been cured using a quick
wipe down with The Sun!
Happy ever after?
The
incumbents of the Joint Radio Taxi Association (JRTA) are becoming
very friendly towards each other. How nice it was to see Geoff Kaley
visiting Brunswick house and Stanley Samuels leaving
Mountview's confines to visit ComCab at Woodfield Rd
before popping in to say hello to uncle Ken at BH. It's really
wonderful being able to forget that ComCab pinched the BBC account
by creeping in the back way and Mountview went behind our backs to
do a deal with Aunty. The ability to forgive and forget is
wonderful. I wish I could learn it.
BA
