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- JerseyRaindog
When I was a kid in the Seventies my dad worked in the British Embassy and I went to an international school in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Parents would drop us off at our respective embassies then minibuses driven by locals would drive to the school. We had 2 Czech drivers who would alternate. One was cool and always chatted to the kids and bought us icecreams on hot summer days. He was called Jani. The other was a misery who would always shout at us to shut up. He was called Matti. This is going somewhere...
Was reminiscing with my Dad the other day about this and he remarked that Matti was the driver that everyone liked. I told him he must be mistaken and he assured me otherwise. Turns out Jani was the KGB plant in the Embassy whereas Matti was just a hard done by, hard working Czech dude. It all makes sense now. Jani would listen to us kids talking about what our parents were doing and just be taking notes the whole time. Wierd but true, my school bus driver was a KGB agent.
- AndyRoss0
Oh, the glamourous life of a KGB agent. Spying on children you chauffeur about.
- Heh, I remember he had a Merc so we must have spilled the beans pretty good.JerseyRaindog
- Spookytim0
Unrelated, but related. With the re-emergence of Russia's claws I wonder if people in the Czech republic and other areas feel like Russia might be back changing the road names again soon?
- TheBlueOne0
Suddenly the reasons we won the Cold War become clear.
- detritus0
The moral of this story - never, ever trust nice people.
- never, ever trust people.Spookytim
- Never trust Czechoslovakianscreative-
- hahaha...i think uùre all a bit paranoid.....never trust the butler also :)verdemparat
- There are no Czechoslovakians.Spookytim
- Yes there are.JerseyRaindog
- Where are there Czechoslovakians?Spookyhome
- You think they all popped their clogs when the country dissolved...JerseyRaindog
- Lots of 'em still call themselves Czechoslovakians.JerseyRaindog
- Though Czech is easier of course...JerseyRaindog
- As far as I now they all made a decision to become either czech, or slovak. My...Spookyhome
- czech sister in law says the divide is very pronounced between the two countries, not much shared ideology.Spookyhome
- I stand corrected.JerseyRaindog
- I'm working with 2nd hand data though, but she bristles at the merest mention of the old composite country.Spookyhome
- harlequino0
"Bondsky. Jani Bondsky. I vill break ze vestern dogs and vill..."
"Oi! Double-O Twat! You forgot your yellow bus cap!"
(other drivers) "Bwah Hahahahah!"
- JerseyRaindog0
Meh, I thought it was a good story for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Next time I'll tell ya all about the time my Daddy met Stanley Matthews and actually took him for lunch. Stay tuned.
Or not.
- Jaline0
Reminds me of Eastern Promises.
- One time, I was in this Turkish Bath and these 2 men... nope, not me.JerseyRaindog
- just the driver and KGB parts ;)Jaline
- Spookyhome0
I enjoyed it Jers, It was a "read it and move on" kind of thing though, not much one could really add to it. Spies aren't commonplace for us lowly drones so anecdotes are a bit thin on the ground.
- I know, just chatting on a Sunday afternoon. Just hangin' out etc etcJerseyRaindog
- Is 'Jers' okay BTW, or maybe 'Sey Ra", or "Indog" perhaps?Spookyhome
- Crouwel often used 'raindawg'. I always thought that had a nice sound to it.JerseyRaindog
- What happened to Crouwel?Spookyhome
- He's still here... http://www.qbn.com/v…JerseyRaindog
- Ah, The Penny Drops!Spookyhome
- Llyod0
My dad has a shoe phone.
- mimeartist0
cakey shoe
- Spookyhome0
I have a hat shaped like a bingy's toot.