You know when you go back to your Mam and Dads for Christmas and rummage around looking through old stuff, photo's, old bmx mags and things! Well I came across this beast! No thats not Ronnie Kray and yes the child in the banana yellow portable bath tub with temperature effected small penis is me! But anyway, along with this classic family snap comes a Dad fact, I'm sure all our Dad's have them and here's mine:
One evening in Morley, Leeds my Dad went out for a few pints as per, he got a taxi into the town. As he reached his destination he swung the door open after probably going through the usual selection of questions, small talk and threats with the driver upon payment "had a busy night? what time you knock off then? no yer not getting any more than 3 quid you fat cunt, get to fuck" etc. As he exited the cab head first a double decker bus charged around the corner and run into his head, whilst trying to over take the parked taxi. Thats right he got hit in the head by a speeding bus! He awoke 3 or 4 days later not knowing what had happend, he got a fractured skull but it wasn't life threatening. Next time you say to me "my Dad is harder than yours" think on, has your Dad head butted a speeding bus and lived to tell the tale?
It featured on Calender news (local TV news program) the driver got sacked, and my dad got about £1000 compo, which in the 70's was probs quite alot. Cashback.