Prom Season

Tomorrow (Monday) is my father's 51st, and so this weekend, my brother came down from Nottingham and my sister and I drove up to Surrey, to where he has recently moved. It was a lovely weekend but that is irrelevant to my point.

On the drive to Surrey on Friday (which consisted largely of sitting on the M25 - 4 and 1/2 hours to do a journey that should tak 1 1/2), I counted 9 limos. 9. I know it is prom season, but every time I see a limo, I groan. Limos are overdone, entirely impractical on the roads, and I expect every one to smell of alcohol, vomit, and other bodily fluids which I would rather not mention. Hen nights and so on.

Why do otherwise perfectly normal and respectable people feel the need to clog up the UK's roads with vehicles like this. I'm guessing it's not just to spite me.

So, I don't like limos. Just take a car and spend the money on another day, or on a real car, or if your feeling really weird, give it to charity! Just please, please don't rent a limo. Please. They're crap.