The puncture episode

Act 1: Scene 1 - Arrival at the Leather Smithy
[James M has had problems with a recurring puncture in his front wheel for the past couple of days]

James M, bent over the decrepid wheel, whacks in a new tube of Leo's. Due to the tightness of the tyres, the metal tyre lever needed to put the damn thing back on trapped the tube and punctured that too.
James M: "Crap."
James H: "Whats up with your tyre? How come you're taking so long?"
James M: "Buggered."
Team effort to fix the puncture, eventually, fails.
James M, feeling like both tubes bent him over and screwed him backwards, is a little pissed off.
James M: "You guys go on, I'll limp home".
Enter Nice old lady.
Nice old lady: "Having a bit of trouble there?"
James M: "Yeah"
After much getting to know each other...
Nice old lady: "My daughter has just gone to get the car. She'll take you home."
Enter Nice old lady's daughter, Sarah, with son and Slovenian girl in car.
Sarah: "Whack it in my boot. Its a bit messy so don't worry about getting oil everywhere."
James throws his stuff into her boot, then jumps in the back seat.
Then, after much befriending and best public school voices, Nice old lady is dropped off at Sutton, James gives email adress to Slovenian girl and is taken home. And they all lived happily ever after.

A nice little story for a Thursday afternoon.