Young child splashed slightly as bus takes corner too quickly....

[Saturn74]

Twas a VERY big puddle, according to bystanders (some of whom also got a bit damp around the lower leg area).
And the child......wasn't wearing wellies.
What is the world coming to?

[oliveoil]

it's a disgrace

lock em all up

[Saturn74]

They would have done, but there weren't any 'Bus Only' parking spaces available!

[Skribble]

[hairymclary]

does anyone else remember the news story (real, i might add) about a bloke who got done for driving without due care and attention after splashing a pedestrian?

[Saturn74]

Was the pedestrian a magistrate?

[RubberDuck]

PMSL - love the thread title

Cor, I would have loved to have taken a bloke to court once when he completely soaked me by driving past straight through a huge puddle.

Was still cursing him for the whole of the rest of the 20 minute walk home that day...

[Saturn74]

See, it's a considerable problem that no-one is addressing seriously.
Let's start a campaign - but avoid puddles during any protest marches, obviously!

[MrsBadger]

proper local newspaper - 'Bus Drench Horror' would have made the front page...

[Saturn74]

[hairymclary]

no, just a saddo with nothing better to do I think. lol

[Saturn74]

Re the title - apparently it's going to take over 8 hours for the shoes of this poor child to dry out.

[RubberDuck]

HumphreyCushion.

I'd sue the bus company. And maybe the local council.

[Saturn74]

...and the little pair of stripey socks will never, ever recover.

[RubberDuck]

Noooooo.... not the stripey socks....

[Saturn74]

Yes, RD - the ones with the Wallace and Gromit motif!
They were too badly damaged to be saved, apparently. The mother of the child is expected to hold a press conference soon, praising the work that the socks did in protecting the tootsies of her child.

[RubberDuck]

I think that's possibly the most tragic thing I've read all day ...

[marthamoo]

[marthamoo]

Ooh and an for good measure.

[RubberDuck]

Oh shit. Just realised that I was supposed to just say "oh how sad " and left it at that while rubber-necking.

I really am awfully sorry I buggered up your thread, Humphrey...

[Saturn74]

RD.
Tis not buggered, don't worry!

[Alan]

pmsl

[Saturn74]

Bumping this as I know Boysarelikedogs enjoys it when threads are dragged kicking and screaming from the archives.

[BoysAreLikeZombies]

(have emailed you , you hussy)

[Bleedodgy]

I shit myself for a minute there when I looke dta the date of the OP and thought i'd missed the manchester mn night out!

[Saturn74]