Oi, Driller, noooo!

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Mon Ami Mate

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6,589 posts

275 months

Tuesday 19th March 2002
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My brother (known as Driller on this site - he's a dentist) has decided to sell his Griff 500 (on this site), because he's suddenly come over all sensible.

So this is a public plea for sanity. Don't be such an arse! You wanted the bloody thing for years, you told me a week ago that you couldn't live without it and you'd never sell it. Ever. Don't know if you've suffered a hormone deficit in the last seven days or something, but how can you do such a complete senseless U turn. You ought to be in the bloody Government!

We all work hard to achieve the things that make life worthwhile. Sell that car now and you'll regret it forever. In fact, you'll probably regret it next week.

Fellow PH'ers, I appeal to you all to give him the benefit of some warped perspective!

Don

28,377 posts

291 months

Tuesday 19th March 2002
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Hey, Driller. What's the replacement?

Now don't dissapoint me.

anonymous-user

61 months

Tuesday 19th March 2002
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OI, Driller, noooooooo!
for the sake of every poor bugger in the country who cant afford one, DON'T DO IT!!!

thom

2,745 posts

280 months

Tuesday 19th March 2002
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"Only boneheads never change their mind..."

nonegreen

7,803 posts

277 months

Tuesday 19th March 2002
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My brother (known as Driller on this site - he's a dentist) has decided to sell his Griff 500 (on this site), because he's suddenly come over all sensible.



Fellow PH'ers, I appeal to you all to give him the benefit of some warped perspective!


By What possible definition are you using the word "sensible". Perhaps I am missing something here but selling a really nice car is presumably being done with a view to replacing it. I would love to know what with?

McNab

1,627 posts

281 months

Tuesday 19th March 2002
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For Crissake Driller, you spend your life inflicting pain and misery on your wretched victims - what's got into you to do the same to yourself?

Mon Ami Mate

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6,589 posts

275 months

Wednesday 20th March 2002
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He's selling it to fund the purchase of a flat in Paris to please his girlfriend. He's replacing it with...her Clio. Noooo!

NoisyGriff

576 posts

275 months

Wednesday 20th March 2002
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Surely a man so ill in the head shouldn't be allowed to wield a knife and drill.

Driller, this is the end of your life as you know it. I know you are telling yourself you'll get your kicks elsewhere; you'll save so much money; so much hassle.

All that will happen is you will waste away as a man, being sucked down into the Mundano mediocrity. Don't do it.

DIGGA

41,355 posts

290 months

Wednesday 20th March 2002
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He's selling it to fund the purchase of a flat in Paris to please his girlfriend. He's replacing it with...her Clio. Noooo!


If she's intnet on trudging round in dog poo, eating overpriced meals, served up by with an indifferent arrogance, there's plenty of places closer to home than Paris!

JMGS4

8,772 posts

277 months

Wednesday 20th March 2002
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And one has yet to find a Clio that really goes Va Va Voom....... more like putter putter splutter bang rattle ..... after 2 days ownership une vrai poubelle plastique............

MikeyT

16,930 posts

278 months

Wednesday 20th March 2002
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He's selling it to fund the purchase of a flat in Paris to please his girlfriend. He's replacing it with...her Clio. Noooo!



Man or mouse Driller?

thom

2,745 posts

280 months

Wednesday 20th March 2002
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He's selling it to fund the purchase of a flat in Paris to please his girlfriend. He's replacing it with...her Clio. Noooo!


For the price of a Griffith he will get a letter box in Paris

plotloss

67,280 posts

277 months

Wednesday 20th March 2002
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If you sell it, think how much you will spend on Red Letter Days to get the same thrill.

Now stop being silly and back AWAY from the Auto Trader...

Matt.

nubbin

6,809 posts

285 months

Wednesday 20th March 2002
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Keep the Griff, buy a new girlfriend, and with the change, get a little pied-a-terre in Brittany.

nonegreen

7,803 posts

277 months

Wednesday 20th March 2002
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He's selling it to fund the purchase of a flat in Paris to please his girlfriend. He's replacing it with...her Clio. Noooo!



Oh FFS There had to be a woman involved. Cetain phrases are useful when dealing with women and cars in the same context.

1 NO
2 YAWN Put the kettle on
3 I'm sorry I thought we were talking about cars
4 No
5 All cars that end in o are crap even if they are blue
6 Yes but what are we going to do for a car
7 NO
8 Unfortunately when it comes to driving your family incldes no one who can drive a stick up a dead dogs arse, so their opinions have the same effect on me as a comedy sketch from the "Mark Thomas experience"
9 If you want a new man find someone who likes chuffin Ben Elton
10 Very very very silly and dangerous, a total death trap really
11 NO
12 So who are you going to buy that with then?

Driller

8,310 posts

285 months

Wednesday 20th March 2002
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Well crikey, it was almost worth it to get all this attention! I'm in a real quandry actually, how can I have a beautiful Griff in Paris? It's going to get f***ed up in no time and I'd rather it got taken care of and enjoyed by someone else instead of being stuck in Parisian traffic jams and used as a buffer round the Arc De Triomphe. I'll certainly get a Tuscan at a later date, maybe in LHD? 'til then I'll have to take out my frustrations on unwary patients-now where did i put those rusty forceps?...

Mon Ami Mate

Original Poster:

6,589 posts

275 months

Thursday 21st March 2002
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The best current use for rusty forceps would be for your full frontal lobotomy.

kevinday

12,305 posts

287 months

Thursday 21st March 2002
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Forget Paris, forget the girl (there's plenty more out there), keep the Griff and a big grin!

JMGS4

8,772 posts

277 months

Thursday 21st March 2002
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and by the way Driller, if you've ever worked in the french health service (if it can be called that) you'll give up france anyway!! (worked there for 5 years!) So keep the grin and the Griff and get your bird to work outside paris or france!

Mon Ami Mate

Original Poster:

6,589 posts

275 months

Friday 22nd March 2002
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Well done to everyone who posted the right words - just spoke to the man and he's put his foot down and told the French Tart that the Griff stays!

Only thing is, literally two hours later, the radiator self-destructed, so here's hoping he won't have another change of heart...