Nice bargain!

June 29, 2005 1:43 PM

Hell hath no fury... British shock jock Tim Shaw came back home to find his belongings on the street and his car gone...maybe he should have been a tiny little bit more considerate with the missus...
posted by Skeptic (14 comments total)

Fair enough. But no alimony for her.
posted by rush at 2:00 PM on June 29, 2005

Wow, the English have assholes too. Lucky guy getting the Lotus for 50p, that's about a buck, right?

He's lucky he didn't marry a Venezuelan woman, she'd just chop his cock off and throw it out the window.

By the way, spellcheck wanted to change 50p to Apache. I just thought that was funny and wanted to share without making it an FPP.
posted by fenriq at 2:00 PM on June 29, 2005

fenriq: We call them arseholes over here.
posted by i_cola at 2:32 PM on June 29, 2005

Yeah, I'd write this off to publicity stunt.
posted by jonson at 2:38 PM on June 29, 2005

I think I've read the book. It has a gangster, a mysterious lady-friend of said gangster and the annoying shock-jock punches an annoying talk-show host in the face. Or something.
posted by lazy-ville at 2:52 PM on June 29, 2005

I think I'm going to have to change my stance and go with publicity stunt as well.

i_cola, funny I use arsehole as a politer version of asshole when I'm in mixed company.
posted by fenriq at 3:11 PM on June 29, 2005

Nothing to see here. . . move along.
posted by spock at 3:12 PM on June 29, 2005

ebayfilter.
too bad. I was giving the wife Kudos...
posted by Busithoth at 3:47 PM on June 29, 2005

Yeah ... kinda does smell like a publicity stunt. She states in her eBay ad: "I am the registered owner and I have the log book." Why would Shaw put the car in her name? Unless, maybe, it was a gift from her to him? Who knows.
posted by ericb at 4:01 PM on June 29, 2005

It's also an old bit of urban folklore, too. And this one was easier to fake than filling the car with concrete.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 4:08 PM on June 29, 2005

lazy-ville, is that book Ian Banks' Dead Air?
posted by atrazine at 4:21 PM on June 29, 2005

ericb, for tax purposes.
posted by dobbs at 8:49 PM on June 29, 2005

lazy-ville / atrazine - that is Dead Air by Iain Banks.
posted by triv at 12:27 AM on June 30, 2005

Last month called and wants their lead story back...
posted by mrblondemang at 7:30 PM on June 30, 2005