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This week it was German bicycle designer Didi Senft and his latest invention, the Royal Rickshaw. It is constructed from, among others things, the rear of a Trabant 601 car. It is dedicated to Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. Rogueslr
Boris takes his first ride in the new Mayoral limosine and beats the congestion charge to boot.
5. Tremorman
William was expecting Kate to be late as she still had a couple of Pizzas to deliver.
4. Kudosless
This time last year Rodney ...
3. Clint75
She didn't have an invite, but Fergie turned up nonetheless.
2. Mman444
This was a £270k supercar before I lent it to my son
1. Raven
OK then, what idiot sent an invitation to Sir Clive Sinclair?
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At 14th Apr 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Actually, we've got a couple of wedding crashers secreted in the boot.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Westminster Abbey or bust
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At 14th Apr 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:As the date of the Royal Wedding grows ever closer, William's attempts to curb Kate's wacky sense of humour are obviously not working
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At 14th Apr 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Didi not get an invite then?
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At 14th Apr 2011, rogueslr wrote:Boris takes his first ride in the new Mayoral limosine and beats the congestion charge to boot.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Even if his usual car had broken down, the Pope was determined to attend the Royal Wedding
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At 14th Apr 2011, rogueslr wrote:It looks like the Walking Dead just got motorised.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Raven Clare wrote:You fool! I meant to send an invitation to Rowan Williams, not Rowan Atkinson.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Chop chop indeed. I'm peddling as fast as I can.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Raven Clare wrote:OK then, what idiot sent an invitation to Sir Clive Sinclair?
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At 14th Apr 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Sorry, Sarge - I wasn't sure if he was a pedaller or a pusher
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At 14th Apr 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Every contingency had been thought of - including a back-up wedding car
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At 14th Apr 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:It must be a BMW - Barmy Motorless Wedding-car
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At 14th Apr 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Darling, didn't I tell you to book Candy Cabs?
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At 14th Apr 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Perhaps Kate was taking the environmentally-friendly aspect of the wedding a little too far
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At 14th Apr 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Lord Lucan is that you?
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At 14th Apr 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Should have gone to WreckSavers!
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At 14th Apr 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:Not round the block again, Miss Middleton?
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At 14th Apr 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Of course they'll think I'm a third wheel anyway
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At 14th Apr 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:It's a round and round Robin approachb actually
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Comment number 21.
At 14th Apr 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Oh, William, I told you everything was going to be busy on April the twenty-ninth - couldn't you have booked the car a little earlier?
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At 14th Apr 2011, Bangledancer wrote:(sound of a distant phone ringing.....)
"William - it's your father here. I think I've managed to reduce the carbon footprint of getting you and... er... thingy to the Abbey....."
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At 14th Apr 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Don't mention the phwaor
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At 14th Apr 2011, Bangledancer wrote:It's a Trab-esty.....
(from the Lincolnshire home for retired puns....)
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At 14th Apr 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Ask them to check again, William - the Abbey must have made some sort of note about us on the 29th.
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At 14th Apr 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Don't mention the phwoar
(correction)
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At 14th Apr 2011, Whatever Next wrote:The Chinese cars re-assembled in Birmingham were not quite as good as anticipated!!
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At 14th Apr 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Trotters' Independent Trading are asked to handle the transport arrangements for the Royal Wedding
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At 14th Apr 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:Yeah, mate, I was booked by Buckingham Palace to convey Miss Middleton's family to the Abbey
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At 14th Apr 2011, mouch2000 wrote:The Germans finally agreed to contribute to the coalition's efforts in Libya, although Cameron was less than impressed with the units they sent...
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At 14th Apr 2011, mman444 wrote:This was a £270k supercar before I lent it to my son
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At 14th Apr 2011, Billynug wrote:At least if the student protesters attack this Royal vehicle it will improve its look.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:It might look a little slow, Darling, but, don't worry - we're getting Lewis Hamilton to drive it
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At 14th Apr 2011, rogueslr wrote:Designing a new wedding carriage shouldn't really have been entrusted to the Top Gear team.
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At 14th Apr 2011, rogueslr wrote:Sir Chris Hoy was less than impressed by his new sponsorship deal with the East Germans.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:But when I saw it, I thought, we're just going to have to have it for our Wedding, Darling
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At 14th Apr 2011, Kudosless wrote:Another fabulous collectors' piece brought to you by the Middletons
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At 14th Apr 2011, Frankonline wrote:By combining the names of those to whom it is dedicated, Didi Senft couldn't decide whether to name it a Widdleton or a Piddleton.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Kudosless wrote:Und fur you Camilla, ze back end of a bus
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At 14th Apr 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Didi does his bit to improve Anglo-German relations ... which were OK until the British saw his car
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At 14th Apr 2011, Tremorman wrote:Well a while ago they just used to jack your car up and pinch the wheels.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Tremorman wrote:First German that doesn't have front
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At 14th Apr 2011, LaurenceLane wrote:Porsche were determined that there latest 911 conformed to the demands made in the Kyoto Agreement.
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At 14th Apr 2011, AnnieC wrote:"Hello, Boris? Your bike service is finished. We've upgraded a few bits........"
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At 14th Apr 2011, Woundedpride wrote:And the wedding itself will now take place over a chip shop in Hackney...
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At 14th Apr 2011, Peter N wrote:Jeremy Clarkson's wedding anniversay present.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Tremorman wrote:The Prince and the pauper cheaps kate
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At 14th Apr 2011, Frankonline wrote:As the Queen announces the Royal Wedding isn't immune from spending cuts, the wedding car goes on a test run.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Peter N wrote:Army generals cast doubt on the 'battle readiness' of latest NATO armoured vehicle collaboration.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Whatever Next wrote:Cutbacks mean the royal state coach is not as stylish as usual.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Billynug wrote:When I set off from Munich the car was dedicated to Edward and Sophie
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At 14th Apr 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Yeah, I've got all me hoes and gardening tools in the back ... Wedding? I thought it was the Royal Weeding.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:The commoners prepare for the latest "It's a Royal Knockout"
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At 14th Apr 2011, anadin11 wrote:The makers at Top Gear reveal how much they are struggling for new ideas...
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At 14th Apr 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Hmmm, I can't see Lesney making a model of that
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At 14th Apr 2011, LaurenceLane wrote:At last a Trabant that doesn't produce toxic emissions, that is, as long as Didi stays off the sauerkraut.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Kudosless wrote:Didi denies suggestions that his inspiration came from a '90s Mercedes ...
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At 14th Apr 2011, Tremorman wrote:What do you mean did it come with a tin opener
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At 14th Apr 2011, Polly S wrote:Despite Fritz Bergmann's careful planning to secretly invade Britain, he'd overlooked one vital item is disguising his nationality
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At 14th Apr 2011, Polly S wrote:Top Gear exposes the lengths traders will go to to disguise a cut-and-shut
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At 14th Apr 2011, Polly S wrote:To the jingle..."Transformers - Nutters in disguise"
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At 14th Apr 2011, littlemunchkin wrote:Am I excited about the Royal Wedding? Nah...
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At 14th Apr 2011, Mike Shipp wrote:The British flags were chosen to celebrate Kate's heritage and a token German one for Wills
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At 14th Apr 2011, beachcred wrote:So Kate's arriving in a car and leaving in a coach, or was it arriving in a coach and leaving in a car? No wait, I've get a better idea...
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At 14th Apr 2011, Dry Boak wrote:En route to meet the Dragons, Didi wondered whether the German flag was a good idea or not
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At 14th Apr 2011, Dry Boak wrote:Halfway through the test drive, Didi realised he had nowhere to plug in his hands-free
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At 14th Apr 2011, Sean241160 wrote:Whilst the new MG6 had been designed with the West in mind, the MG5 was strictly for the home market.
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At 14th Apr 2011, JimmyG wrote:Grandad Phillip's journey home after the stag do was rather eventful...
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At 14th Apr 2011, Sean241160 wrote:When German engineering and British workmanship are combined, they produce world-beating classics like the Rolls Royce Ghost, the Bentley Mulsanne, the...ah...
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At 14th Apr 2011, Sean241160 wrote:John Bull - the bathchair years.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Wunnunda wrote:Reliant Regal
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At 14th Apr 2011, Sean241160 wrote:John had been determined to get the best value for his Green Shield Stamps, but it was still only enough for the back half.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Sean241160 wrote:John was beginning to wonder whether upsetting the mechanic had been the very best idea he'd ever had after all...
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At 14th Apr 2011, Catherine O wrote:Clarence House admits repairs to G20 limo more noticeable than anticipated.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Nameless Rob wrote:German nutter with too much time on his hands fails to check which way up the Union Flag should be flown.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:No, I meant you to order the car from Richard Shaw Limousines Limited
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At 14th Apr 2011, SkarloeyLine wrote:American audiences charmed by the final scene of William And Kate - The Movie
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At 14th Apr 2011, Catherine O wrote:"Wills darling, I'm starting to rethink this 'People's Wedding' idea."
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At 14th Apr 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:Abbey Irrational
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At 14th Apr 2011, penny-farthing wrote:And included in your purchase of this model is a roadside medical assistance plan.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:Even Boris' mother wasn't happy with the new Routemaster design, "And you could have had your haircut, Dear"
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At 14th Apr 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Prince Philip organises "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
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At 14th Apr 2011, Zigmunds wrote:London Blitz revisited
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At 14th Apr 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Poor Didi hadn't noticed the speeding Trabant behind him when he braked suddenly ...
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At 14th Apr 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:I developed it from an old pfennig-farthing I found
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At 14th Apr 2011, Kudosless wrote:Will indicate. But not until after the wedding.
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At 14th Apr 2011, grazvalentine wrote:It's good to see the MG rolling off the production line at Longbridge once more.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:But how long is it in comparison to a Routemaster bus?
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At 14th Apr 2011, Kudosless wrote:Prince Andrew accused of pulling strings in his position as trade-in boy
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At 14th Apr 2011, Kudosless wrote:This time last year Rodney ...
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At 14th Apr 2011, Kudosless wrote:Cutbacks for roving reporters at Thames Television
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At 14th Apr 2011, grazvalentine wrote:Kate and Will’s response on seeing their wedding transport was "Tuk Tuk!" – or something like that.
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At 14th Apr 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:This cut-away drawing from the Eagle Boys' Magazine shows how the engine in a Trabant actually works
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At 14th Apr 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:The rickshaw, driven by Didi's brother, was 1 Horst-power
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At 14th Apr 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Basil Fawlty visits Berlin
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At 14th Apr 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Deutschland über Abbey
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At 14th Apr 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:It just goes to show that a little Knowledge is a dangerous thing
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At 14th Apr 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Gassed by sinister characters in undertakers' garb, Number Six awoke to find himself in "The Village"
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At 14th Apr 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:However, what was left over - the engine of the Trabant, and the saddle and rear wheel from the bike - went like greased lightning
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At 14th Apr 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:The NHS unveils its new rapid-response ambulance
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