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Old 10th Jan 2020, 06:37
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Has the British Car Industry been re-nationalised?
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Never suspect we are the Burger van for the 'finely tuned athletes'
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Has the British Car Industry been re-nationalised?
It may have to be recapitalised...

I'll put a lid on it...
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I'll sort out some results on Saturday, by which time even Kiltrash might have run out of ideas!

Meanwhile, the self-propelled pilots' kneeboard keeps rolling along.
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The MK1 tachograph was not without it's teething problems.
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"This is brilliant! We launch rockets into Yank air bases in Baghdad and shoot down a Ukrainian airliner in Tehran, and those silly people blame each other, Grorious Reader!"
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"I know it will hold a lot of Sterling, but the dollar exchange rate is lousy, so we are going to need the space Megan"
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"This will suit us when we move to Canada, it's a Renault Megan"
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Sir, Sir the cyclists are catching us up. Damm Greta get the Hamster wheel spinning faster Smithers.
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Henri the Onion sellers braces were caught in the bodywork and kept ringing his bell to stop. The driver thought damm Froggy i'll show him and kept speeding up.
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Move over I don't need a pen, I need the ointment truck up ahead
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NAAFI revealed it's new butty-wagon for a more literate clientele.
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The pen may be mightier than the sword, but I'd prefer an M1 Abrams in a fight.



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Well now we know what "Angry" from Tunbridge Wells drives.
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Hey look, there's a pink Rolls Royce just come round the bend behind us.
****, it's Parker
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First of all, I meant to congratulate Nutloose on his excellent photo of Jeremy Corbyn in the previous round of the caption competition. Photoshop was never more effective, and it certainly provoked a good number of entries.

So, to draw the line under the present round, the credit for winning goes to Wensleydale with his:-

Originally Posted by Wensleydale
"The name's Bond. Basildon Bond."
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Congratulations Wensleydale and thank you for the compliment Penny Washers.
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Gosh...Thanks to Russ Abbot for the line! (No relation to Diane I am told, despite them both being funny).

Here we go:


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“Frankly, Hoskins, you were a bit late on the round-out again.”
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