Dad
Out for another lunch with me when he was working for Ronson. We were drinking in the nice bit of Birmingham, by the canals. There's a bridge over one canal, just next to one of the restaurants with a sign saying, "no glasses beyond this point", obviously because people were walking off with their drinks.
For a good 5 minutes Dad refused to let anyone over the bridge if they were wearing glasses.
I thought the police were going to be called so I shouted over, "they are showing a documentary on stencils on the telly, Dad", which he took as a good cue to walk away and let people through. We make a good team. Like an invalid and his carer.
One day down in Ringwood, Ken and his closest ally in mischief, John Parkes, went to the local supermarket, probably to buy some muesli. When they got there, they found a major construction project and traffic cones to help motorists round the digging and into the car park. Helpfully, Ken and John rearranged the cones so that shoppers found themselves driving round in a loop that took them so close to the car park, but then back onto the main road.
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