Friday, September 24, 2004

The long dark number plate of the soul

On the way to school this morning I was discussing the metaphysical nature of CNPS with Alicia. She has been looking for a 12 for a while and was despairing of her chances of ever seeing one. Any devotee of CNPS will know what a number plate drought is like, and we wondered whether it was a test of faith or if the gods were indifferent. I concluded that CNPS is the only religion where you get 999 signs from the gods compared to the occasional burning bush or eight armed blue skinned bint that the other lot get. Alicia decided to keep the faith and carry on looking, and she asked me

"What number are you looking for Dad?"

"A 20"

At that very instant, we turned the corner and bathed in the golden sunlight of a crisp Fall morning was a pickup truck with a 20 proudly displayed. How cool is that?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

...I once went for over three weeks without spotting a number :^(...

...in fact I've been hunting a 320 for 5 days now - I might give up (that should inspire the gods of cnps to help me)...

billy