Husband and I watched the excellent Unforgotten on ITV catch-up recently. Because we watch so little ITV for the first couple of episodes we found the adverts interesting. One in partiicular struck me. It was for BMW.
I can't remember exactly what the advert said but it mentioned the 'famous front grill'.
'Is it famous?' I asked.
'Yes,' said Husband, 'very distinctive.'
Since then I find myself spotting and identifying BMWs by their front grill.
And it's an advert on the radio in the car that has also led me to action this morning.
I have a tiny cough. So tiny it could well be imaginary or psychosomatic. I am 99.99999 recurring certain that I don't have Covid but then the advert comes on in the car: 'It could be you! You could be one of the one in three people carrying the virus without knowing it!'
So this morning I popped along to our local collection centre and picked up a self-test kit.
It's done now and I'm waiting my thirty minutes for the result. Assuming it is negative I won't be repeating the test in a hurry: I was retching before the swab even reached the back of my throat, and sneezing with it up my nose. It is not pleasant.
On the plus side I got to go on the stage at the Grand Theatre!*
P.S. A resounding negative result.
*That's where the collection site is.
8 comments:
I was in conversation long ago with a Beemer acolyte. He mentioned BMW and I innocently asked him what it was, a sports team or what. He looked at me as if I'd arrived from a spaceship! I explained I don't know cars, can barely recognize my own unless I see the number plate. Poor guy was shattered. His assumption that everyone would know and admire his B was knocked down. I wasn't being mean, either, he knew.
Both my daughters have bought new cars, both of them are white BMW's. :D Not really my cup of tea, I love my Wrangler Jeep.
Glad the test was negative!
My Rare One wanted me to buy a BMW but I am much, MUCH too cheap to do that. Even if I could stomach the purchase price, do you know how much it costs to service one of those cars? Every little part and every little job is sky-high! No way.
My two reasons for trying so hard to avoid Covid are: (1) the disease itself, and (2) that gawdawful swab test! I don't EVER want to have to undergo it!
Women everywhere have selected their favourite car.
It's the red one!
I'm with you, Boud.
I love our mini, Joe!
AVOID IT, Debra! Keep on avoiding it!
When I worked in DVLC, Stu, a car drove into me as I was driving in the car park, and drove off. I told the guys I worked with. They said, 'Report it! What kind of car was it?'
'A grey one.'
Similarly to Boud's experience, I was totally in the dark when a car salesperson told me that the car I was considering was a "line for line" duplicate of a BMW. While I bought that (white) 1982 Mazda 626, it took me a few years to start recognizing BMWs.
Sigh - these days, all cars look the same to me. Never mind the price tag - they look the same.
Negative can be a positive.
Love,
Janie
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