“Right I’m off,” MindReader says to us. He sets his pint down and rubs his eyes. “I’m knackered, hope I stay awake in my car.”
I raise my eyebrows. “Have you ever fallen asleep at the wheel?” I say.
“No, but my sister’s bloke did.”
“What happened?”
“Crashed into the central reservation and wrote off his car.”
“Bloody hell.”
“Yep. He got it on the insurance though. He told them it was a pigeon.”
He pauses.
“That he hit. Not that a pigeon was driving.”
This story reminded me of a funny young children’s book called “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive The Bus”
Hope your friend made it home ok.