Yesterday, as I meandered back to Brixton tube, I was chatting to my brother on the phone. He had just had his iPod break on him, and as it was bought in America, he managed to secure a refund in US dollars. Mid-sentence in replying and saying 'Oh, good for you etc.' I observed a young, slightly dishevelled man being hit by a car. He was picked up, flipped over and landed beside the car on the tarmac, in the cetnre of the crossroads with Atlantic Road. He made a certain amount of noise, the car stopped and the young dishevelled man got up for a second and walked around. 'Oh, he's ok' I thought, though he soon lay down again, probably at the advice of an overzealous first-aider.
I have never seen someone hit by a car before. I was slightly disappointed in myself to discover that, when it happened, I carried on my conversation with nothing more than an exclamation of 'crikey!'. Should I have stopped and tried to help? By helping, would I have been sued for hindering a perfectly legitimate suicide attempt? If I was in the car, what would I have done? Why was he in front of the car in the first place? Why was there no blood on the road this morning, when I walked into work the same way?
On Sunday morning, Streatham's main street was closed at 8am, and the bus I was on had to take a detour. I never found out why, but I doubt it would have got me to hang up the phone, whatever it was.
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did the driver of the car hang up?
We had a helicopter land outside Seven Sisters tube this weekend as someone got hit by a bus. But I didn't see it, so i guess it's not a good story.
On a completely different topic, please can we hear about baths and toothpaste Matt?
1) Work people read this site
2) If I knew the story I'd tell it, but I think I missed the entertaining part. Or forgot it, through choice or not.
With part 1 in mind, I'd appreciate it if anyone who does know the story is relatively discreet should they post it. And I'll have you know that bath was extremely comfortable.
I haven't heard anyone exclaim 'crikey!' since I last saw Eric turn into Bananaman.
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