On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:37:58 +0000, Tom Anderson
wrote:

Ah, but is that her being a demon cyclist, or a stereotypical Oxford
student with an overactive sense of entitlement?

We lived in Colchester, an army town. Public roads went through the
barracks area. A military policeman was directing traffic. My mother
ignored him, as she was not a soldier. He was very nice to her about it
:-)

Ah yes - one of the few times a Colchester teenager on the lash in town is
glad to see a policeman while drunk is when they're an MP, since you can
be quite sure they're only going to arrest *other* drunks!

And before anyone asks, i speak from experience on both counts here!

So if you were a teenager in Colchester and attended Oxford, do I
deduce that you also wore the purple blazer?