This story has been told by Peter McGill a few times, when we have all met up for a beer, so after talking to Peter we decided it was about time it was shared by all, mind It would go down better with a few beers under the belt so maybe you should pop out for a few and then come back and read it...............

Peter, Jimmer Parks and Malcolm Porter decided one day that they would like to join the Army, the Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry to be exact. So in Malcolm's Ford Zephyr



of they drove to Taunton to the recruitment centre.

When they arrived in Taunton, the recruitment centre was closed for lunch, so they decided to pop into the local Pub for a quick pint, well it wasn't such a quick pint after all, so by the time they arrived back at the centre they were well under the influence..
(Pissed if the truth were told)

The recruitment Sergeant said look lads we cannot have you signing your life away whilst your in that condition so off you go and come back when your sober.

Malcolm never was a slow driver but on the way back to Bridgwater he seemed to have the accelerator pedal to the floor boards so when they came upon this Austin A40 on the straight road section near Thurloxton, Malcolm obviously wanted to pass by.



Well the driver of the A40 wasn't having any of that, so he accelerated and as Malcolm was already flat out, they were driving alongside side of each other but Malcolm was on the wrong side of the road, neither of them were wanting to give way so down the road they raced side by side.
Now you would have thought that the Ford Zephyr would have left the A40 standing but with 3 on board it and only the driver in the A40 the speed was the same.

Both of them were Crazy man and neither of them would give way, as they were racing along, the straight road was beginning to disappear rapidly, up ahead there is a sharp left hand bend so nobody could see if anything was coming towards them.

All this time, Peter and Jimmer was sitting in the car and were thinking what a laugh, well that was until Peter saw this big Cement Lorry coming round the bend, he shouted a warning and Malcolm tried to get the other driver to slow down and let them in, Peter crouched down behind the seat thinking this was the end, whilst Jimmer just lit another cigarette as cool as you like.

Finally, the A40 driver slowed to let Malcolm get in front and just in time mind, any closer and he would have hit the Cement lorry.

By this time Malcolm was too near to the bend and as they tried to get round it he lost control and headed for the hedge on the other side of the road, fortunately there was an open gate and by a stroke of luck they slid right through the centre and came to a stop amongst the turnips.

Jimmer who during all this hadn't batted an eyelid said

"see you know a shortcut Malcolm"

Moral of the story !!!!

"""""""" DONT DRINK AND DRIVE """""""""

By the way, they never did join the Army and the driver of the A40 didnt stop to see if they were alright.