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Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:27 am

it does seem rather, ahem, scilly.
i thank you.

something to do with parking fines?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:36 am

I'll go for road tax.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:14 pm

You aren't far off. But you're not right.

Surely if they were forced to pay road-tax, they would sell their cars, not throw them in the sea?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:41 pm

Cardinal Richelieu wrote:Surely if they were forced to pay road-tax, they would sell their cars, not throw them in the sea?

Who to?

Insurence then?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:59 pm

You're very close. But not close enough.

I'll give you a clue... they threw their cars in the sea cos they were suddenly worthless!

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:15 pm

Has petrol been declared an illegal substance?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:34 pm

Nope.

But how could one piece of legislation turn legitimate motor vehicles into worthless wrecks?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:43 pm

Hmmm. I'm assuming it's not something like cars being declared illegal. Or is it? I know they're not allowed on Sark...

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:54 pm

Ah. But if cars were suddenly made illegal, they could simply sell them on the mainland.

But their cars were worthless. And they could no longer drive about in them...

why??

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:59 pm

Okay, so it's not that they can't drive their cars as such (or, like you say, they'd just sell them on the mainland). So something must have taken away their right of ownership. Commendeered by the authorities?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:49 am

was driving outlawed per se?

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 11:49 am

Interesting one this...

...All roads were demolished?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:23 pm

I'm going to have to give it to you. Weyland was closest with road-tax. The answer was MOT.

They never used to have to MOT their cars on Scilly, therefore they were all driving around in wrecks. When the government introduced MOTs there, the cars suddenly became worthless, and into the sea they went (although the bin would have probably been better).

Over to whoever wants to pose a question... how's about you MattV?? Not had a question from you in a while.

mattrick · Post by **mattrick** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:30 pm

Always old, sometimes new, never sad, sometimes blue. Never empty, sometimes full, never pushes, always pulls.

What am I??

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:42 pm

I actually meant MattV, but welcome to the Phoenix if you haven't been here before.

Er. I'm stumped. A one-armed bandit is my not very good guess