enigma
Tenacious Typer
It's OK to be not OK... And it's perfect to be not perfect.
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Post by enigma on Sept 2, 2010 19:45:47 GMT
So is everyone agreed that Pete and Vinny get nowhere NEAR the drivers seat?
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Post by McBain on Sept 2, 2010 19:54:35 GMT
Dunno about Vinny, but at no point have I ever expressed a desire to drive the truck.
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Post by Gunslinger Vinny on Sept 2, 2010 19:57:11 GMT
"Sitting in the back suits me fine for now!" Vinny grinned, looking a lot more cheerful than at any point since they first entered the swamp.
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Post by Fire Bear on Sept 2, 2010 21:13:11 GMT
How many people can we fit in the cab? Just the driver and shotgun or is there enough room to squeeze a third person in?
Cause whatever happens, I'm going in the cab. I'm the leader and I decide that, so tough to everyone else...
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Post by McBain on Sept 2, 2010 21:22:30 GMT
Looks like you're driving then, since I already called shotgun.
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Post by Fire Bear on Sept 2, 2010 21:47:43 GMT
Actually, that makes sense....
<attempts to stop self>
What he said...
Bugger...
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Post by McBain on Sept 2, 2010 22:07:52 GMT
<does a victory dance>
Yes! I really didn't expect this to happen so quickly.
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Post by Someguy on Sept 2, 2010 22:49:41 GMT
And on that bombshell, it's time to go. Tsunami, Vinny, Starlong, and Blanka get in on the back. Fire Bear is driving and Pete is in the passenger seat, getting more and more fiercely wasted with every sip of the potent super-beer. The truck backs out of the barn, and the Coates family are there to wave you off. The truck bounces out onto the road and soon you have left the farm far behind; you are on your way again.
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Post by McBain on Sept 2, 2010 22:51:44 GMT
I'd just like to point out, I probably stopped drinking the super-beer after two licks. What with it being so potent, I'll more than likely save getting truly wasted for the ferry journey.
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Starlong
The Master
I have a theory. Let's conspire about it...
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Post by Starlong on Sept 3, 2010 15:08:14 GMT
I too, sample the beerpaste - my caustious instinct satisfied by the fact that neither Vinny nor Pete has spontaneously died. I only take a tiny sample to taste though, wanting to stay more or less alert for any surprises.
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Post by Someguy on Sept 3, 2010 16:08:39 GMT
You must have ran your bad luck dry, because the next couple of hours on the road offer no real hazards. The closer you get to the coast, the stronger the winds become and a fine drizzle resumes falling. A taste of salt and sea enters the air; you're nearing Southampton-on-sea!
As you drive, you now begin to spot fellow travellers on the road in their own vehicles, joining from side-roads and junctions; you overtake a brown rusty pick-up similar to yours, for instance, full of drunken rowdy farm-hands singing how they're going to the Rainbow Road and happily toast you as you pass. You even see a group on horseback, all armed with rifles, galloping determinedly through fields on their way south.
A feeling of unease sweeps through the party. In just under half an hour you've spotted nearly twenty-thirty groups just like these, all heading for the coast and few going in the opposite direction. And it's just as you are contemplating the idea of having some competition in your quest that a shiny new blue Ford pick-up comes into view. It quickly gains on the Toyota and begins blasting it's horn, aggressively looking to overtake.
Do you let them by or ignore them?
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Post by Fire Bear on Sept 3, 2010 16:37:22 GMT
Let them by. It's probably safer and there's really no harm in them overtaking...
And no-one else gets a choice, cause I'm the driver and that's what I've done...
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Post by McBain on Sept 3, 2010 16:46:52 GMT
"Theywannarace, do they?!" I turn to Fire Bear, an idiotic grin on my face. "You get your foot to the floor, I'll pop one of their tyres."
Somehow I feel this isn't going to be the case. Felt it was worth suggesting though.
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Post by Fire Bear on Sept 3, 2010 16:59:02 GMT
Fire Bear looks at Pete, her eyes wide and her eyebrows raised...
"What did you just say? You're slurring a little bit... Maybe I should pull over and make sure there isn't anything seriously wrong with you...
"What's that? 'Alcohol.' Ah, ok..."
She then completely ignores him and pulls over.
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Post by Gunslinger Vinny on Sept 3, 2010 18:51:42 GMT
"Ah, c'mon Elfy! I can totally take out half of them with the minigun!" Vinny chimed in with a goofy smile. "Let'sh blasht 'em!"
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