Translation for all you speakers of English out there who might be wondering;
Shunt means "accident" especially one involving motor vehicles. Mind you, you probably already figured that out by Cotty's context. I really only bring this up as it reminds me of one of my favourite F1 pilots, the late James Hunt, aka Hunt the Shunt, who in his early days had some difficulty in keeping his car on the race track. I think he ended up winning a championship, but I can't remember for whom. My favourite years of his, by far, was when he was with (and I think the sole driver for) Team Hesketh, owned by some dotty English Lord, who seemed bound and determined to squander his family's fortune, and chose Formula One racing as the vehicle for same. He eschewed all advertising on his cars, harkening back to the good old days when cars were cars, and drivers had names like Stirling. A strange sight it was, watching his all-white car, piloted by Mr. Hunt, whizzing around Mosport, with no decals on it at all, save for the car number, and a small teddy bear (how delightfully eccentric, wot?). Well, I think it took about 2 or 3 years to go broke, and then Hunt went on to race with a couple of other teams before retiring to become an excellent F1 television colour man (didn't he back up the irrepressable and irreplaceable Murray Walker?) He unfortunately passed on about 10 years ago, around 46 or 47. So, that's how I know what a shunt is... Okay, carry on with what you were doing. cheers, frank Cotty wrote: > <snip>I laughed so hard I nearly shunted a black cab into the middle of next > week! > > Cheers, > Cotty > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps > _____________________________ > Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk -- "Jazz is about capturing the moment" -Herbie Hancock
