Accepting Lifts From Strangers

The Backwards Man · 08-12-2015 01:32AM #1

So I was walking home from the pub on this wet and wild December night, when out of nowhere a white V-Tec pulls up beside me. The driver powers down the passenger window and shouts, 'are you well??? Coz you're looking well!' and speeds off.

I got a great lift out of that.

When was the last time you got a lift from a stranger, and how did it work for you?:)

AnonoBoy · 08-12-2015 01:35AM

Just opened my third tower block.

Our usual elevator guy Steve fell behind on the order so they passed the business over to a new crowd.

What could I do - our tenants can't be climbing the stairs so I accepted the lift.

NachoBusiness · 08-12-2015 01:39AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

The driver powers down the passenger window and shouts, 'are you well??? Coz you're looking well!' and speeds off.

Was the driver male or female?

kneemos · 08-12-2015 01:39AM

About three months ago.Went well,bus was a bit crowded though.

fleet_admiral · 08-12-2015 01:39AM

Got a lift off a stranger last night. Paid him €5.20 for the privilege and got a receipt too. He kept giving out about 'Dem bleedin' Nigerians' for the short journey though

The Backwards Man · 08-12-2015 01:42AM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Was the driver male or female?

Got a lift, who cares?

Stheno · 08-12-2015 01:44AM

I got a voucher for lunch in a hotel today for nothing, looking forward to treating the OH.
He deserves it, doesn't drink, so I never need a lift from a stranger

MilesMorales1 · 08-12-2015 01:47AM

When the PS4 came out and was in short supply, I had a reservation for two in argos, but it was in Laois and I didn't drive at the time, so I put it up on a facebook group offering a PS4 reservation to anyone who'd drive me to Laois to get it. Someone responded and picked me up in town, good hour and a bit drive to Laois with a total stranger, in retrospect kinda dangerous.

The Backwards Man · 08-12-2015 01:47AM

Stheno wrote: »

I got a voucher for lunch in a hotel today for nothing, looking forward to treating the OH.
He deserves it, doesn't drink, so I never need a lift from a stranger

Here's a wee lift from me to the two of ye.

I can actually sing this song great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQXDR5vJcE

Colser · 08-12-2015 01:49AM

You cant be looking that well if they didnt give you a roide home.:P

The Backwards Man · 08-12-2015 01:50AM

Colser wrote: »

You cant be looking that well if they didnt give you a roide home.:P

I plough my own furrow:)

One eyed Jack · 08-12-2015 01:51AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

So I was walking home from the pub on this wet and wild December night, when out of nowhere a white V-Tec pulls up beside me. The driver powers down the passenger window and shouts, 'are you well??? Coz you're looking well!' and speeds off.

I got a great lift out of that.

When was the last time you got a lift from a stranger, and how did it work for you?:)

I see what you did there

I can't remember the last time I got a compliment from a stranger, usually when I'm out alright someone might say something, but I wouldn't be taking much notice.

The last time I accepted a lift from a stranger I was after getting caught in a downpour of rain a few weeks back, and they were heading into town so I figured that'll do me

Stheno · 08-12-2015 01:53AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Here's a wee lift from me to the two of ye. I can actually sing this song great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQXDR5vJcE

I'd be more of a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE

fan meself tbh

Colser · 08-12-2015 01:54AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I plough my own furrow:)

Im sure that gives you a nice lift too.

The Backwards Man · 08-12-2015 01:58AM

Stheno wrote: »

I'd be more of a washed up roackstar fan meself tbh

Saw that eejit in the Hard Rock years ago, half the man Merle ever was

TheChizler · 08-12-2015 01:58AM

One morning during the summer a total stranger overheard myself and the girlfriend failing to book a taxi from Clonakilty to a house a few miles out, he put down his coffee and offered us a lift. He seemed to know everyone there and we reckoned that us blow-ins would have been noticed leaving with him so we took him up on it. Genuinely lovely guy, got offended when we tried to give him petrol money. Also got free tips on how to align your internal magnetic field with the earth's by paddling at a local beach...

Atlantic Dawn · 08-12-2015 02:03AM

What's a V-Tec?

The Backwards Man · 08-12-2015 02:05AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

What's a V-Tec?

A vroom vroom

Colser · 08-12-2015 02:09AM

Was it a white vroom vroom?

The Backwards Man · 08-12-2015 02:13AM

Colser wrote: »

Was it a white vroom vroom?

Is there any other kind?

I bought a $1250 bottle of Remy Martin last week to share with me wee bro at Christmas, and I have it half drunk:o

Stheno · 08-12-2015 02:15AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Is there any other kind?

I bought a $1250 bottle of Remy Martin last week to share with me wee bro at Christmas, and I have it half drunk:o

Jaysis I remember the last time I binged on brandy.

See you next week if you survive.

The Sidewards Man · 08-12-2015 02:16AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I bought a $1250 bottle of Remy Martin last week to share with me wee bro at Christmas, and I have it half drunk:o

Top it up with lunatic soup none of ye be none the wiser come xmas.

Dr.Robotnik · 08-12-2015 02:17AM

One drizzly morning I was walking to work in around the city centre from Clanbrassil St. in Dublin.

It was very early morning and the buses hadnt started yet, but I was walking along anyway and a car passed me, going in the opposite direction. Until he turns around and starts driving beside me asking do I want a lift, il get soaked etc.

I kept saying no im grand, but he kept insisting, looking at me as if I were mad to turn down a free lift and it half raining!

He only looked to be about the same age as me, mid/late 20's, but I still think about it every now and again. He probably was just some ordinary chap offering a kind gesture, but I wasnt going to find out.

The Backwards Man · 08-12-2015 02:17AM

Stheno wrote: »

Jaysis I remember the last time I binged on brandy.

See you next week if you survive.

You wouldn't even know you're drinking this stuff, that's the problem! :pac:

Stheno · 08-12-2015 02:18AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You wouldn't even know you're drinking this stuff, that's the problem! :pac:

That was also the problem twenty odd years ago, haven't touched it since.

The Backwards Man · 08-12-2015 02:20AM

Stheno wrote: »

That was also the problem twenty odd years ago, haven't touched it since.

Ah it's OK, I puked in a RUC woman's shoe the night Ireland played in the Holland in the Euro 96 playoff after downing a bottle of Hennessy, haven't wasted a drop of brandy since:)

Colser · 08-12-2015 02:20AM

Stheno wrote: »

That was also the problem twenty odd years ago, haven't touched it since.

Im like that with Southern Comfort,cant even stick the smell of it 20 yrs later:(

Stheno · 08-12-2015 02:21AM

Colser wrote: »

Im like that with Southern Comfort,cant even stick the smell of it 20 yrs later:(

THe mere sniff of a brandy still makes me puke

The Backwards Man · 08-12-2015 02:24AM

Stheno wrote: »

THe mere sniff of a brandy still makes me puke

Call up for a bit of this, the two of yiz

endacl · 08-12-2015 02:26AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Saw that eejit in the Hard Rock years ago, half the man Merle ever was

And twice as haggard...

Colser · 08-12-2015 02:28AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Call up for a bit of this, the two of yiz

I actually have a bottle of that here in the cupboard for years,unopened in the box..an unwanted prezzie:pac:

Accepting Lifts From Strangers

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