The Allegro was ugly! The saloon lacked a bit, but the estate was rather attractive.
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The exact model and colour of the one I had. It was unfailingly reliable, had loads of room inside for a small car outside, was comfortable, economical and, like many 70s cars, went to an early grave through tinworm.

The potshot at the Yugo is a bit unfair, too - it was a Fiat 127, wasn't it? Yugo bought the entire production line.

I think a lot of them suffer from a) being designed a long time ago when ideas were different and b) the "Make it different but not too different" mindset.

Can't bear boiled bacon.

Dunno - looks like the worst of both worlds to me. Large glass with little in it.

In some countries kids learn on bikes with no pedals - they scoot along and learn balancing - pedalling follows later.

FishBottleT - PETScAM (People for the Ethical Treatment of Scary Alien Monsters) will have you.

Hmmm, not derived from Earthly stock - the double bones in the upper bit of each limb gives that away.

I agree - cats make their own way down.

Oh, we're quite happy saying no to ours - they don't always like it, but they're used to it by now. Both ours are used to answers that begin with "Well, the simple version is..."

There's never any doubt that he's owned by a cat.

We bought one of ours a 15W hotpad 'cos she's too old to be able to climb up to any of the other vaguely warm bits around the house. She only leaves it under hydraulic pressure these days.

There's lies and there's lies. I had friends who told their children that the ice-cream van rang its chimes when it had run out of ice-cream.

Since you don't often see parrot skeletons perched on branches, I suspect that in the end they come down on their own.

Sod the eyebrows, what you'd need most is earmuffs. Pulsejets are LOUD!

My dad was part of that study. At the time he was working in Curzon Street for the DES. I remember the disappearance of butter and sunflower spread appearing.

Mine'd have to say "Only one at a time, please."

Is she made of a secret blend of herbs and spices, or just the usual sugar and spice?