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my husband is a complete idiot

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mazzystar · 04/01/2006 15:16

apparently

i have just had to pay £300+ in unpaid parking fines from February last year to a man from the magistrates court who had come to the house to arrest him.

what part of the bill/reminder/second reminder/summons didn't he understand?

am horrified

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Blu · 04/01/2006 15:17

The small print where it says 'do not bury your head in the sand'?

Flossam · 04/01/2006 15:18

Probably the part where it says he has to part with cash. What a shock. I'd kill him, or at least take away car rights!!

anorak · 04/01/2006 15:51

Mazzystar, that is the most irresistible thread title!

I guess some people can't face up to these things. But you wonder if they think it will just go away?

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mazzystar · 04/01/2006 15:59

yes, he's a great believer in the idea that if you ignore things they go away.

about 10 years ago he was left a landrover in his grandfather's will. he left it parked round the corner for about 5 years and one day it was just not there. he never reported it stolen. so i am waiting for the man from the court to turn up asking for 5 years road tax for it.

sometimes i can't believe he manages to hold down a responsible job

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expatinscotland · 04/01/2006 16:00

and in his case, he's right! he ignored it, and you took care of it.

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mazzystar · 04/01/2006 16:07

well i could hardly let him be arrested could i? i asked what would happen and he'd have been remanded in custody.

(i'm supposed to be going out tonight!)

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Original poster
mazzystar · 04/01/2006 16:07

well i could hardly let him be arrested could i? i asked what would happen and he'd have been remanded in custody.

(i'm supposed to be going out tonight!)

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Blu · 04/01/2006 16:08

But couldn't he have paid them off - like you did?

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mazzystar · 04/01/2006 16:13

he was at work.

i did toy with the idea of just letting them know where he works. but if he'd been arrested at work i think he might have got the sack.

so i paid out of the joint account.

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Blu · 04/01/2006 16:22

Have you told him yet? I would call him and tel him that they have come to arrest him, what should you do?

Give him the fright of his life!

Because you are right - he is an idiot

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mazzystar · 04/01/2006 16:26

oh yeah, i rang him up at work and said "there's someone here who wants to speak to you" (i expect he thought it would be ds) and handed it straight to the man with the ominous looking briefcase (handcuffs?).

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SoupDragon · 04/01/2006 16:26

I would have been sooo tempted to let him be arrested. But then you said you were going out so that would be pointless

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