Saturday, 20 December 2025

Road - Season of Goodwill

Seasonal Goodwill to all motorists …. It’s the wrong time of year to have a fault in one’s personal conveyance but I had occasion to call on the services of Autopoint, the local sleigh repair and reindeer realignment specialists. Fully expecting the worst, i.e. we’re fully booked till 2027, I was pleasantly surprised to be invited to bring it down to their quaint establishment in the Lanarkshire metropolis of Larkinghalls.

Upon touchdown the conversation went as follows:

Chief Elf: Whit’s wrang?

Me: I’ve got a clunk.

Chief Elf: Whit kind of clunk?

Me: It clunks and rattles over rough roads, so it needs a new non-clunk.

Chief Elf: Just leave it with us.

A new non-clunk was sourced from the Hamlington branch of Santa ClAutoparts and was delivered by ElfAir’s ground support van – Halellujahfords and Dingalingbro didn’t have any non-clunks in stock!

Immediately the Chief Elf and his elf and safety support team sprung (a relative term!) into action removing the offending clunk and fitting the new non-clunk. 20 minutes later the vehicle had been de-clunked and I was on my way again minus a rather emptyfied wallet.

Please forgive the use of such technical terms for those of you who may not be automotively mechanically proficient and knowledgeable, but in this case the terms used are pretty much self descriptive.

Happy days, eh?