It seems the common folk are often jealous of the royal carriages. John
Paul Richardson wrote:
> Uncle Jack wrote
>
> >Snip<
>
> .Speaking of ugly cars >snip< I understand that you have to smear bacon
> grease on the
> > car to get the dogs close enough to pee on the tires
>
> - wonderful stuff - .
>
> By the way SP 250's disappeared in large numbers over here. They started
> chewing through garage doors, eating children and garden equipment, and
> poking their exhaust pipes through the mailboxes of tax officials, Jaguar
> production engineers, politicians and ethnic minority groups. Things
> finally came to a head when two of the Queen's corgis vanished without
> trace from Windsor Great Park during a Daimler Rally. Thereafter, The Lord
> Chamberlain decreed that any SP250 spotted in a public place without a
> Triumph escort was to be taken to the local vets and put down immediately.
>
> Paul
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