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Aberdonian cabbie looks forward to strenuous bout of self-arse-kicking.
Aberdeen cab-firm owner, Derek Smith, returned over 40K of your earth pounds over-paid to him by The Royal Bank this week only to find that the esteemed institution had already written the money off.

The bank, one of the richest institutions in the galaxy, at first offered to reward Mr Smith for his honesty by buying him a pub meal.

At the time of writing, your editor has yet to locate a Furry Boots City howff that charges £40k for neeps and tatties followed by a sweet, but we’re still looking.

It is thought that Mr Smith, now somewhat cruelly bereft of scads of free dosh will spend the coming weekend kicking himself up the arse until a dislocated hip and severe contusions to the

arse area necessitates a trip to
A&E.

The bank, now rather late in the day aware that the incident is mushrooming into a PR disaster has offered to make a donation to a charity chosen by Mr Smith.

If he’s got any sense he’ll nominate "The Derek Smith Home for the Terminally Stupid."

Inside: Yeh, I always thought Aberdonians kept their money in biscuit tins under the bed as well…
September 2005

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