A stretch of the A20 Sidcup bypass near Crittall’s Corner was closed last night after a horse escaped onto the dual carriageway.
The black and white animal was spotted horsing around on the eastbound carriageway at around 9pm.
Oh, ha ha ha! I bet the drivers stuck in queues just rolled up at that one…
Police closed the road from Crittall’s corner to Frognal Corner to capture the horse.
Tailbacks mounted after traffic was stopped and drivers were urged to use another route.
By 10.30pm the horse had been captured and the road had been reopened.
Why am I not seeing a final paragraph reading: “The horse’s owner has been traced via its compulsory microchip and they will be facing a large fine.”..?
The black and white animal was spotted horsing around
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And on a mane road too.
Leading to a tail back, no doubt.
I love you guys… ?
Neigh, they’d never do that.
At this point, someone does the drum sting, difficult to put into words. Some write “boom boom”, which approaches the sound but apparently, American pundits write “badum tish”, which is a bit of a puzzler.
Maybe the stressed syllable is the “dum”, as in “oom”, and then the “tish” is a cymbal sting. Who knows?
Badum- tish, does the job.
(Dum as in dumb, not doom)
B’doom tish!
Why did the police mess about trying to catch it – one bang and it is over.
Oh I forgot the police are not very good marksmen, so make that several bangs then.
The police love a drama, any excuse to shut a road off, the horse was without doubt a Travellers horse
A traveller’s horse might travel (when it escapes from their fouled site), but unfortunately they themselves rarely go anywhere.
Wasn’t it Eric Blair who pointed out words meaning their opposites? Like Labour who represent (if anyone) the idle, or Conservatives who destroy the environment. Funny old world.
A black and white horse is known in these parts just as a “gypsy horse” – which is a bit hard on the horse but tells you all you need to know about this story.
As if you hadn’t guessed.