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BY EDWARD BARKER

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 "The Mitsubishi Galant GLX Estate
 is yet another diesel with a 0-60
 an egg whisk would be proud of. 
 As for springs, they put in sods, 
 know what I mean, sponges a Caribbean diver
 could sell to Club Meds in a market stall." 

 "Hey, did you check out Rupert's stall
 at Camden Lock? Some poor dosser's complete estate; 
 broken specs, a Bakelite radio, 60
 rubber bands, a tin with the label rubbed off, 
 not to mention the eggcup complete with dried sog. 
 I hit the three cherries natch: check out this diver's

 watch. Two hundred meters, chrome bevel." "You only dive
 for the remote, mate. Truth is, if you stall
 a Mitsu on your local council estate
 yer friendly piranhas will strip it clean in 60
 seconds flat. I mean: desirable, though of
 course the four-wheel image is just for sods

 like you." "What is this thing with calling me a sod? 
 Like what the fuck have I done?" "Go take a dive
 in the crapper, mate. You're like a stall
 on the proceedings. Anyway, there's this estate
 up the end of my road with tower blocks 60
 stories high. It's amazing they don't jump off

 and stuff their miserable lives. What pisses me off
 though is the way no one gives a fucking sod—
 'hey, mate, fuck off, this ain't a truckers' dive'—
 about anyone else. So I pull up and stall 
 at the light. OK, it's like the entire estate
 is looking at me but nobody helps. Sixty

 fucking people with two fucking hands. Sixty
 but no one could be arsed to get off
 their fucking bums and their fucking sodden 
 lives and help out. One asshole takes a dive
 out the door and makes a run for it. I'm still stalled
 watching him run round the back of the estate—
 drug run prob'ly—and fucking 60, 

 65 seconds later the sod makes a dive for me
 with a flick knife like he's off his head. I stall him; 
 of course, the whole estate's still watching and ..." 

 

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