On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 12:23:06 +0100, Alexis wrote:

Bertie Wooster wrote:

On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 09:56:39 +0100, JNugent
wrote:

On 17/08/2013 08:23, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 01:05:53 +0100, JNugent
wrote:

On 16/08/2013 23:35, Bertie Wooster wrote:

On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 19:17:45 +0100, Mrcheerful
wrote:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-n...tured-stacked-
high-boxes-2175808

The last picture in the gallery is cheating. To transport a sofa
properly all you need to do is attach four caster wheels and tow it
behind a bicycle, preferably with a couple snogging on it.

There speaks the voice of experience, no doubt.

No doubt. I think that most teenage and adult men and women have
experienced snogging on a sofa. Far fewer while being towed behind a
bike, but I'm open to a new experience (with Clare of course) if you
are willing to tow us.

It would have to be off-road somewhere.

C&U Regulations, etc.

Are bicycles covered by those regulations?

I suppose we'd have to fit reflectors to the end of the sofa, and if at
night a rear light, but as far as I know that is the limit of the
regulations for towing with a push bike.

I'm afraid that is just not good enough - obviously, what is needed for
all bicycle trailed sofas is an escort by the Special Escort Group. This
specialist unit of the Metropolitan Police consists of officers with a
range of skills and operational experience from various policing
backgrounds. One motorcyclist (lead bike) positions himself in front of
the escort, controlling the pace and position of the escort, whilst the
others forge ahead, dealing with traffic situations and advising the
lead bike of the safest path through the traffic they are controlling.
SEG officers on Honda VFR1200 motorcycles use whistles in preference to
sirens (which are not fitted). This reduces the level of noise that
precedes an escort and will reduce the environmental impact of the
escorted cyclist with trailed sofa (plus snogging couple) on the general
public.

I suggest we all write to our MP's about this: We just can not have push
bikes pulling sofas (with a couples snogging on them) around willy-nilly
(even if the sofas do have fitted reflectors and a rear light at night).

Don't you need a man with a red flag walking in front of the bicycle
towing the sofa with snogging couple on it, even if it is equipped with
reflectors and a rear light?