Oops!.....that was an expensive 'off'.

[Dave7]

A distant relative has a 17 year old grandson who is (my words) spoiled by his Dad.
Dad recently bought him a coat. The make is French something or other. It cost £1,200.00.
So what does he do? Goes off on his bike with his mates......complete with new coat.
They decide to go for a KFC and cut through a service station, hits a patch of oil from a wagon and bang........his £1,200.00 coat covered in oil.
They did think he had broken his hip but
x rays showed he hadn't.
The family are trying to find a company that can clean the coat. So far just one company has said they "will try".......£300.00 with no guaranty .
Oops indeed.

 

[Drago]

Well, he won't do that again!

 

[I like Skol]

Perhaps he can now wear that coat for fixing the car on cold days?

 

[vickster]

If the coat cost that much, and it was from a company that uses technical fabrics, I’d be asking the them to try. After all their matierials scientists would be most likely to know what’s best

 

[HMS_Dave]

If it were my car, the coat would be worth more than it!

 

[winjim]

How's the bike?

 

[Archie_tect]

Well, he won't do that again!

Bet he does.

 

[Dave7]

If the coat cost that much, and it was from a company that uses technical fabrics, I’d be asking the them to try. After all their matierials scientists would be most likely to know what’s best

Its them that have agreed, as a one off, to try. 300 quid but no guaranty.

 

[Archie_tect]

£300 would buy a new washing machine... forget the coat...

 

[Jody]

Well, he won't do that again!

Of course he will. It wasn't his money

 

[Ming the Merciless]

His dad can easily afford it, so it’s not that expensive a mistake.

 

[ColinJ]

Well, he won't do that again!

Bet he does.

To be fair, hitting a patch of oil is something that could happen to any of us!

I watched an episode of one of those helicopter medics shows a few nights ago and there was an elderly cyclist who had crashed on a descent on The Way of the Roses at 30+ mph. He had hit an oil slick. (Damn brave old fella - he was lying in the road and had broken something (can't remember if it was hip/pelvis/leg) but was chirpy and calm.)

I remember a rider breaking a hip (or his pelvis?) on one of my Costa Blanca holidays. He had gone round a bend on a mountain descent and found a few litres of Spanish olive oil waiting for him on the road!

£1,200 for a coat/jacket is a bit O.T.T. though...

 

[rockyroller]

How's the bike?

& how's the chicken?

 

[si_c]

What sort of idiot buys a 17yo a £1200 coat. What sort of idiot lets a 17yo go out on a bike wearing a £1200 coat.

I could go on.

 

[PapaZita]

& how's the chicken?

Is it possible that the oil on the coat came not from the ground, but from the chicken?