Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Confibula Comeodi


Or 'Clamp Comedians', as we say in the Queen's English. I see intrepid yourfannitinnit newshound Tom Betts has followed up his video of Dreamland's queer clampers with an exclusive front page splash today!

According to the paper at least one of the CSS Parking Solutions operatives who've been clamping little old ladies and demanding £120 for the release of their vehicles has not been properly licensed by the Security Industry Authority. It could mean that the poor, disabled 80 year olds with terminal illnesses that these people have been preying on at Dreamland, the Lido and other north island beauty spots may be able to reclaim their folding. Hurrah!

But that's not the end of Tom's revelations! The kitten-loving former Tory Mayor of Margate Ted Watt-Ruffell, who used to be Chief Clamper at Dreamland, reveals in the story that absentee former Tory councillor Panama Steve Broadhurst's company Probe no longer has the Dreamland security contract from our Jimmy's Margate Town Centre Regeneration Company. So who's keeping an eye on the place now? A carelessly discarded cigarette end, a clumsily knocked over can of unleaded, and it could be 7/4/08 all over again!

Click here to read full story in yourfannitinnit

Update: Knickers! Thanks to all who pointed out my link to yourfannitinit was bogus. It's fixed now. That's what you get for having to drink half a bottle of Buckfast just to take the edge off in the mornings.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

You haven't linked to YourThanet, you've just linked to your April 2008 post. Twice.

Anonymous said...

You're not wrong 3.50.

Ricardus was probably just testing his readership.

Tjörk Offï said...

This is not in Iceland as there is not a need for wheels to go round in snow. Also to cut brake cables is useless.
Harpoon works.

Anonymous said...

ECR, Its good to have somebody from Iceland reading and commenting on your blog. I remember the Cod wars that came to an end in 1976. I hope no Ramsgate fishermen suffered from this. Who else has a 200 mile exclusion zone?. And more recently they owe us 2 billion pounds. As a deprived areas much of this money would find its was to Ramsgate. SO A big welcome to T.O.

Anonymous said...

I was tehere yesterday. None of the ticket machines worked apart from the one one furthest from the car park enterance. I bet they've done that on purpose so people fail to buy tickets so they can clamp and demand 120 quid.

My advice to anyone who gets clamped is pay by cheque have your vehicle released then immediately cancel the cheque with your bank and write to the company claiming an unfair fee for clamping threatenning action in small claims court then call inland revenue and ask them to investigate if they're registered for paying tax.

Anonymous said...

Has anyone asked Ted whether Probe's employers at MTCRC ever saw any of the money from his little clamping scam? Or did it all go in his and Panama Steve's pockets?

Maybe that's why they were sacked?

Tjörk Offï said...

Ah. My wise and licky girlfriend told of great resentment for my magnificent Country in England for fishing.
We have large ocean to fish, not piddle pond to make persons steal from others.
More recently I am no longer they, but you.
I have little money.

Anonymous said...

I mentioned the cod wars once, but I think I got away with it.

Anonymous said...

carried away with it.

Anonymous said...

I notice there are clamping warnings on the PUBLIC road by the Prospect Co-op at Minster roundabout.
There are no parking restrictions marked there.