Stupid, Stupider and STUPIDER STILL!

[Little yellow Brompton]

Stupid, I ran out of diesel in the car tonight! Even stupider I didn't have my winter box in the boot so had no coat,boots etc... and I hadn't brought my mobile so I was stuck with using the phone built into the car ( 20 minutes before the AA answered) and having to sit in it to shelter from the elements.
I had stopped at the GW line of a light controlled roundabout ( J36 M4 if anyone is interested) , had my hazard lights on, a 300W Amber strobe on the bootlid, a warning triangle 100 yrds down the road, and was pressing the brake pedal to flash my brake lights as I saw traffic coming behind.
Stupider still were the two dozen vehicles that pulled up behind me,one at a time, not noticing any of the above, 3 of which the drivers leaned on the horn to get me to move out of the way! How much more of a clue do they need?

 

[Archie_tect]

Well, at least you can take comfort that you'll never do it again LyB!

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

Well, at least you can take comfort that you'll never do it again LyB!

Yes I will! :-(

 

[fossyant]

Oh bugger.

 

[02GF74]

How much more of a clue do they need?

setting your car on fire perhaps? Would have kept you nice and toasty ....................... oh, but hang on, you ran out of fuel.

so a punch in the face of those that stopped?

 

[EltonFrog]

Stupid, I ran out of diesel in the car tonight! Even stupider I didn't have my winter box in the boot so had no coat,boots etc... and I hadn't brought my mobile so I was stuck with using the phone built into the car ( 20 minutes before the AA answered) and having to sit in it to shelter from the elements.
I had stopped at the GW line of a light controlled roundabout ( J36 M4 if anyone is interested) , had my hazard lights on, a 300W Amber strobe on the bootlid, a warning triangle 100 yrds down the road, and was pressing the brake pedal to flash my brake lights as I saw traffic coming behind.
Stupider still were the two dozen vehicles that pulled up behind me,one at a time, not noticing any of the above, 3 of which the drivers leaned on the horn to get me to move out of the way! How much more of a clue do they need?

It could've been worse. It could've been me.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

That reminds me , i need to fill up today

 

[pauldavid]

No, you are definately more stupid than those who stopped for running out of fuel in the first place.

You also mentioned an emergency box normally kept in your boot? This indicates that at some level you are aware that your the sort of fool that may run out of fuel in the first place.

The people honking horns behind you were clearly just drawing attention to the wider public about your tittish behaviour.

Happy to help

 

[Arch]

No, you are definately more stupid than those who stopped for running out of fuel in the first place.

You also mentioned an emergency box normally kept in your boot? This indicates that at some level you are aware that your the sort of fool that may run out of fuel in the first place.

The people honking horns behind you were clearly just drawing attention to the wider public about your tittish behaviour.

Happy to help

Yeah, but if the OP had broken down due to circumstances beyond his control, the other morons would still behave the way they did!

 

[pauldavid]

Yeah, but if the OP had broken down due to circumstances beyond his control, the other morons would still behave the way they did!

Yeah, but he didn't!

 

[Archie_tect]

i've only run out of diesel once... driving a 16 seat minibus on a village study trip to Auchtermuchty in 1978. The minibus was supposed to have fuel left in it but on this occasion it was nearly dry and we hadn't enough between us to fill it up .

There were more people than seats so someone had to crunch down in the back on the survey stuff.... we were young at daft in those days so no seat-belts, and no one thought about insurance....

As we coughed and spluttered towards the nearest filling station it ran out about 50 yards short and I told them they'd have to get out and push but they refused and argued for ages, eventually six of them fell out, got the minibus rolling and dived back in while it was moving as no-one wanted to lose their seat... sadly they hadn't pushed it fast enough the first 3 times and different people were left without a seat each time.... it was the best game of Musical Chairs I've ever seen. Happy days.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

No, you are definately more stupid than those who stopped for running out of fuel in the first place.

You also mentioned an emergency box normally kept in your boot? This indicates that at some level you are aware that your the sort of fool that may run out of fuel in the first place.

The people honking horns behind you were clearly just drawing attention to the wider public about your tittish behaviour.

Happy to help

No, this indicates only that I realise that "shoot happens" and a well stocked emergency box can be useful in lots of circumstances. The indication that I would be aware that I was foolish enough to run out of fuel would be me carrying spare fuel.If I was aware that I was the sort of fool that may run out of fuel, but didn't carry fuel in the box, but still carried the box, then I would be even more of a fool. The fools that were behind me , didn't know that I was a fool for not carrying fuel whilst being the sort of fool that normally carried an emergency box ( without fuel), or even that I was a fool for running out of fuel ( there is a pun in there somewhere , but I just can't find it), they had no idea why there was a car stopped at the line with a hazard lights /stobe/triangle/ etc...

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

That reminds me , i need to fill up today

You're welcome.

 

[Archie_tect]

There's no fueling some people.

 

[gavintc]

No, you are definately more stupid than those who stopped for running out of fuel in the first place.

You also mentioned an emergency box normally kept in your boot? This indicates that at some level you are aware that your the sort of fool that may run out of fuel in the first place.

The people honking horns behind you were clearly just drawing attention to the wider public about your tittish behaviour.

Happy to help

It is so nice to come across the perfect person. You should run training courses to pass on to others how you manage this pinnacle of achievement.