On reflection, there could have been a better way to take a photo of this mirror for sale on Trade Me.
Lesson within a lesson for learner driver
"Back in the 80s I was a student nurse and learning to drive in London," writes Sue Brown. "My instructor was young himself and had spent most of my first three lessons looking out the windows at girls. On our fourth lesson there were roadworks and the traffic was reduced to one lane with a stop-go board letting traffic through one side at a time. I got to the front of the line and stalled the car, missing our turn, holding up the queue who by now were honking and shouting. I did the same thing again next time. A man a couple of cars back got out of his car and started arguing with my instructor ... next thing I knew they were rolling on the ground beating seven shades out of each other. Then the police came. Both of them were arrested. The policeman drove me back to the hospital with a stern warning about being careful who gave me lessons in future."
Nappy reminder fail
Faithe from Pukekohe writes: "On Friday I followed a worker's van hurtling along the motorway with a distinctive blue bulky plastic bag still hooked on to the towbar. Seems hubby may have forgotten to take the dirty nappy bag to the bin on his way out that morning."
Saving power by default
A reader writes: "I am from Mission Bay and received an email from Mercury Energy congratulating me on using 74 per cent less energy last week. After 48 hours without power, being congratulated for reduced energy usage by Mercury Energy is somewhat galling."
A little embarrassing for waitress
A dwarf took his fiancee to a restaurant for a romantic meal and was handed a children's colouring book and crayons by a waitress. James Lusted, 26, who is 1.09 metres, was on a date with his 1.7 metre-fiancee when the waitress picked up two menus, crayons and a colouring book. It was only when the waitress heard James' deep voice she realised her embarrassing blunder. James and his bride-to-be, Chloe Roberts, have been laughing about it ever since. James said: "I am man enough to see the funny side - I would never take offence." (Source: Wales Online)
