Hercules the....Toyota Land Cruiser?!?!?!

I've seen it all now....

On our way home from Nursery we could hear that old familiar yell of the Rag and Bone man. That noise that you know is "Raaaaaaaaag and Booooooone!!" but never really sounds like that, its more of a mumble like the Newspaper sellers in the centre of Bradford that are supposed to be shouting "Telegraph and Argus!!" but actually sound like they've drunk 17 cans of Special Brew and are just yelling for more beer..lol

So Angelina gets excited and we wait patiently for the horse to come around the corner... and I'm going to take this opportunity to remind you all of what a rag and bone person is...

This is the official line from Wikipedia.

"Rag-and-bone man is a British phrase for a junk dealer. Historically the phrase referred to an individual who would travel the streets of a city with a horsedrawn cart, and would collect old rags, (for converting into fabric and paper), bones for making glue, scrap iron and other items, often trading them for other items of limited value."

and here is a pic of a nice rag and bone man



ok back to the story... Angelina gets excited waiting for Hercules (the horse...Steptoe and Son's Rag and bone horse was called Hercules, its association...lol) and what comes round the corner?? A Toyota Land Cruiser pulling a trailer.

This is a Toyota Land Cruiser.



Hardly a knackered old nag is it?

Angelina is not impressed... "That's rubbish" she says and heads for home frowning all the way with Heather equally unimpressed trailing behind her.

I'm left standing on the street corner looking all "wtf?".

How much 'money' must people be throwing away in their trash if the local junk dealer can afford to trade his horse and cart for a fancy 4x4?

Times have certainly changed...