Hi all

 

thought I’d share a story with you all that’s relevant to some degree here and it certainly put a little smile on mine and the kids faces.

 

Yesterday, I was out and about with the wife and our two young girls when my wife asked if I’d stop off at Tesco whilst she ran and and picked up a couple of things. 

 

Naturally I obliged and we stopped outside and I waited in the car with the girls whilst she went in. 

 

At at the same time another Skoda Superb, same year, spec and colour parked up in front of me and I smiled to myself thinking ‘nice car pal’, as you do. 

 

The same thing with this Skoda. The driver waited in his car and his front passenger got out and went into Tesco. 

 

I then said to my girls,  ‘I bet mummy gets in the wrong car...’.

 

The girls laughed and nodded. 

 

A couple of minutes later my wife appears. In her own world as usual and not even aware there’s now two almost identical cars in front of her. 

 

Guess what happened next?

 

She approached the strangers car, opened the door, got in, sat down, closed the door and I could see her going for the seat belt. 

 

At this point I was in too much of a fit of laughter to go and intervene and knew any moment she’d appear. 

 

Next thing the door opened and a very red faced wife appeared repeatedly saying ‘I’m really sorry!’

 

My wife got in my car saying ‘oh my god’ and we all carried on laughing. 

 

Wondered whether the driver was on here. Apparently he was laughing too and said to my wife ‘oh hello’ as she got in

 

Not often I see a car that looks identical to mine. But to see one then it stop next to mine and then my wife get in it just made me laugh. 

 

Cheers for listening folks. 

 

 

Should have gone for Dragon Green easier to spot in a car park full of grey cars.

Excellent! I really laughed a lot too ! Thanks for sharing. Did you ask your wife to get out to wait until the other women get out from Tesco, to see if she'd do the same mistake.

It would have been very much fun! 

 

Was stopped at services on the M1 many years ago (red Mlk1 Vectra).  Followed a young couple out of the services and she tried to get into the passenger side of my car,  two doors down was an identical red Vectra.  Would have been funnier if the car had been unlocked.

Jumping on Edd's thread a bit but TRUE STORY yesterday at work. Turkish driver missed our turn and rather than go around the next roundabout he spun his artic and trailer round next door where some landscape gardeners were working. Just before he got to our gatehouse he stops the lorry and walks to the back of his trailer to investigate a mystery noise. Turns out he had collected a half tonne boulder (rock) with the crash bar at the back of his trailer and dragged it sparks flying like a low riding Formula One car about 200 metres until coming to a halt. We had to dispatch our fork lift truck driver to push it out sideways and then lift it from our entrance and drop it the other side of the kerb. It was larger than the biggest Atlas stone that is used on World's Strongest Man. The most strange thing I have ever seen in 28 years in my job. It must weigh between 400-500kg.

A few years back I had a burgundy Astra mk3, came out of work one day and walked over to the car opened it using the key, no remote locking, sat down put the key in the ignition.. nothing at all,

looked around the car thinking I don't drink Coke or smoke Regal...

Realised then it was some one else's car...

my car was about 4 away... 

I said about it next day in work, turned out a lady in work had got into my car  the week before and did the same thing... She was raging when she got in as she thought someone had knicked her cigarettes.. 

Sorry to "unearth" this thread...

I let my father read this funny thread (my mum could do the same... ). It reminded us a french comedy (a cult one for us):

 

Subtitles don't seem to be available in English.

The first guy thinks his car door lock is frozen, thus he ****es on it to unfreeze it. But... It's the wrong car !

The owner (guy with cap), politely says:

"Excuse-me, but you're urinating on my car...

_ What do you mean?

_ You're urinating on my car

_Oups, sorry! That's because, I've got the same other there... same color.... everything...

Do you mind if I finish?... Very good car..."

 

 

 

Reminds me of a guy who interviewed me for a summer job when I was at university, the interview was at the University Careers offices in January.  I had the 09:00 slot and he was late.

 

He had stayed at the Hallam Tower Hotel and in Sheffield the winter of 1979/80 was cold with lots of snow.

 

He came out of the hotel to his car to find the locks frozen

 

Went back to his room, boiled the kettle and took it down to unfreeze the lock.  He then locked the car and took the kettle back to the room.

 

Came back down and the lock was frozen . . . 

 

Went back to get the kettle, defrosted the lock, and decided to leave the car unlocked while he took the kettle back to the room. 

 

I got the job and spent the summer of 1980 in South Africa - where it was winter.