[bwilson4web]

http://www.thechargingpoint.com/2011...ff-the-trolls/

I’ve had a bit of troll abuse recently… I think that’s what it’s called. Trolls have had a go at me, nothing serious but not terribly pleasant. Basically stuff along the lines of, “I can’t afford a snazzy new electric car, we’re not all eco-luvvies like Robert Llewellyn with a huge house in the Cotswolds,” or “it’s alright for you to bully people into buying electric cars. You live in a privileged media bubble, Nissan aren’t going to give me an electric car.”

I can understand it, it does seem a bit unfair and it is sometimes difficult to keep a realistic grasp on the world when, through a series of circumstances Machiavelli would fail to arrange, I end up being loaned an amazing new electric car.
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So, on the morning I read these rather ill informed jibes I left my 14 bedroom Georgian mansion and walked through the spotless 10 car garage next to where I keep my Ferrari, Rolls Royce and Lamborghini to shout at Garstang my driver because he hadn’t polished the chrome sufficiently on the mint condition 1968 Mustang Fastback.

Okay, I’ll admit that isn’t quite true, I walked out of my glorified shed through the smaller shed that serves as a garage to take the rubbish out, as I did so the bag split and some kind of fish pie residue cascaded down my trousers.

Not only that, I noticed the LEAF was not present. I wasn’t alarmed, it hadn’t been half inched; the Mrs had gone to yoga in it. Then she was going shopping, then she was going to pick up an old mate from Australia who was coming to visit.

So there’s me, Mr over-privileged-media-eco-luvvie with fish slime down my slacks and I can’t even get to drive the damn car.
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Robert LLewellyn of "Red Dwarf", "Junkyard Wars" and the podcast "Carpool."

I'm a great fan of British humor and Robert has captured it perfectly.

Bob Wilson