Man's Car Won't Start - He Beats It With A Sledgehammer

[matcom]

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IT was car maintenance Basil Fawlty style. An Adelaide man has been quizzed by police after taking to his own car with a sledgehammer when it refused to start.

A police spokesman said patrols attended a house at suburban Salisbury Heights yesterday after reports of a man damaging a car.

When they arrived they found the car with extensive damage, but were somewhat dumbfounded to be told it was the man's own vehicle.

"The man stated he became frustrated when the car wouldn't start," the spokesman said.

In an episode of the popular British comedy Fawlty Towers, irascible hotel owner Basil Fawlty gives his own car a thrashing with a tree branch when it breaks down.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11739946%255E13762,00.html

[DS1]

1. Where's my Waldorf Salad?

:-)

[izzie]

2. Funny

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[Champ]

3. Ah - no matter how hard life gets

We always got the offbeat news in the lounge and the genius headline makers who provide us with real life entertainment. :7

[redqueen]

4. That sounds wonderful

I'd really like to beat the everloving snot out of something right now.